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has lived at the zoo since 1932 and is now the oldest known member of her species to give birth for the first time. The father, Abrazzo, is also a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise.
Mommy, a western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri), made international headlines earlier this month for becoming the oldest first-time mom of her species.Mommy's exact age ...
The tortoise has been a resident of the Philadelphia Zoo for nearly 93 years — her zoo anniversary is coming up later in April. She is now the first of her species to give birth in the zoo's ...
(WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo officially debuted four critically endangered ...
RELATED: Philadelphia Zoo's oldest resident gives birth to 4 critically endangered tortoises The hatchlings will make their public debut Wednesday. It comes on the 93rd anniversary of their mother ...
The tortoises inhabit the Galápagos Islands ... must be conserved for generations to come. Mommy's tale of giving birth to her first offspring after more than a century of life at the zoo ...
(WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four critically ...