21-04-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Philadelphia Zoo celebrates first Galapagos tortoise hatchlings in 150-year history
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo in the US have become first-time parents.
The zoo said it was 'overjoyed' at the arrival of the four hatchlings, the first in its more than 150 years of history. The babies are the offspring of the female, Mommy, and male Abrazzo.
The quartet is being kept behind the scenes inside the Reptile and Amphibian House, 'eating and growing appropriately,' the zoo said. They weigh between 70 and 80 grams.
Mommy is recognised as one of the most genetically important Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' species survival plan. She is the oldest first-time mother of the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos species.
Answer: four hatchlings were born
