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| Young Galapagos Tortoise - a first in a century. |
Rats were introduced to the Galapagos Islands by men on ships. And rats can be destructive. As it turns out, very destructive to Baby Tortoises. You know, those giant tortoises that live hundreds of years. Well, there hasn't been any made it through birth in the Galapagos Islands for 100 years because the rats eat them.
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Apparently they had a campaign on one of the islands to poison all the rates.
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And it worked. They have spotted something like 15 new baby tortoises. Now this is great. Also a bit surprising since there haven't been any babies in 100 years. That means those really old tortoises are still capable of reproducing - which is also good.
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Anyway - great news for a Friday right? (link)
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