Aldabra giant tortoise
aldabrachelys gigante latin

The Aldabra giant tortoise has an unusually long history of organized conservation.

A small colony of Aldabra giant tortoises is a popular visitor attraction.

Also several Aldabra giant tortoises make Anonyme their home.

As a grazing species, it somewhat resembled the Aldabra giant tortoise with its domed shape.

Adwaitya, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise, may have lived for up to 250 years.

Primarily herbivores, Aldabra giant tortoises will eat grasses, leaves, and woody plant stems.

Esmeralda is an Aldabra giant tortoise.

Noted for the Aldabra Giant Tortoise.

The Aldabra Giant Tortoise now lives on many of the islands of the Seychelles.

It has distinctive island fauna including the Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).

Some individual Aldabra giant tortoises are thought to be over 200 years of age, but this is difficult to verify because they tend to outlive their human observers.

In captivity, Aldabra giant tortoises are known to enjoy fruits such as apples and bananas as well as compressed vegetable pellets.

The main population of the Aldabra giant tortoise resides on the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.

Red River hogs and colobus monkeys share a home, and the African crested porcupines and Aldabra giant tortoise also live together.

Stearns, Brett C. Captive Husbandry and Propagation of the Aldabra Giant Tortoise.

Also, on 23 March 2006, an Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita died at Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata.

Owen and Mzee are a hippopotamus and an Aldabra giant tortoise, respectively, that became the subject of media attention after forming an unusual bond of friendship.

You might be lucky enough to see the rare pink pigeon or Aldabra giant tortoise while strolling through the ebony forest that was once home to the now-extinct dodo.

In 1919 the British governor of Seychelles sent a gift of four Aldabra giant tortoises to Changuu from the island of Aldabra.

This exhibit has indoor and outdoor viewing and contact yards for the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, Spur-thighed tortoise, and the Rabbits.

Leopard tortoises are the fourth largest species of tortoise, after the African spurred tortoise, the Galapagos tortoise, and Aldabra giant tortoise.

The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) and the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) are considered the largest truly terrestrial reptiles alive today.

The complex houses 3 out of 4 of the world's biggest tortoise species including Aldabra giant tortoise, Burmese mountain tortoise, and African spurred tortoise.

The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world.

The neck of the Aldabra giant tortoise is very long, even for its great size, which helps the animal to exploit tree branches up to a meter from the ground as a food source.