No Two Radiated Tortoises Are Alike
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No two Radiated Tortoises are alike—each shell tells its own story.
No two Radiated Tortoises are alike—each shell tells its own story. In the heart of Madagascar’s Spiny Forest, a trio of Malagasy herpetologist ladies are rewilding these critically endangered creatures—one tortoise at a time.
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No Two Radiated Tortoises Are Alike
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No two Radiated Tortoises are alike—each shell tells its own story. In the heart of Madagascar’s Spiny Forest, a trio of Malagasy herpetologist ladies are rewilding these critically endangered creatures—one tortoise at a time.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThey are called radiated tortois Because their shells are like ra colored yellow with black patter and they shine like the sun.
Each tortoise has different patt Its like their fingerprint.
So we take photos of each shell that we enter in a database.
This is their personal identity So if one goes missing we can use the pictures of their as a reference to find them.
We are collaborating with other now to create software aimed to tortoises species through the pa In the long term, the database will help to track and to get exact information abo
Growing Up as a Radiated Tortoise
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Clip: Special | 48s | It takes 15 years of care before a baby Radiated Tortoise is ready for life in the wild. (48s)
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