Browsing Aquatic News Index by Scientific Name "Chelonoidis hoodensis"
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Meet Diego, the macho tortoise
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 15, 2016 , on page A1)Puerto Ayora, Ecuador—He’s over 100 years old, but his sex life is the stuff of legend. Diego the Tortoise is his species’ version of the ladies’ man, and his exploits have helped save his kind from extinction. Diego, a ... -
Sexploits of tortoise save Galapagos species
(The Philippine Star,September 15, 2016 , on page A20)Diego, a Galapagos giant tortoise, has fathered an estimated 800 offspring, almost single-handedly rebuilding the species’ population on their native island, Española, the southernmost in the Galapagos Archipelago. “He’s ...