NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises Back to the Galápagos https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-is-helping-bring-giant-tortoises-back-to-the-galapagos/ #NASA #Earth #GlobalPrecipitationMeasurementGPM #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #HumanDimensions #Landsat #LifeOnEarth #Terra #Vegetation #Wildlife
@nasa So the headline is a bit misleading. This is only about repopulating one particular island in the archipelago, Isla Floreana. Isla Santa Cruz still has quite a lot of wild giant tortoises. That island is also home to the city of Port Ayoro and the Darwin Research center, where the tortoises that will be repopulating Floreana were raised from hatchlings. Giant Tortoises aren’t being brought back to the Galapagos, they are already there.
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