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Thursday, 22 October 2015

New Species of Giant Tortoise Discovered



An entire species of giant tortoise has been hiding in plain sight in the Galapagos Islands.
Ecuador's Galapagos Islands officially have a new species of giant tortoise, after a groundbreaking study was released Wednesday.



Published in the science journal PLOS ONE, the study revealed that one of the largest islands in the Galapagos archipelago is home to two species of giant tortoise — not one — as previously believed.

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