How to Use giant tortoise in a Sentence

giant tortoise

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• Jonathan is a Seychelles giant tortoise and is believed to have been born in 1832,according to CNN.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
• The search is on for a mate for a giant tortoise thought to be extinct a century ago.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
• Knits were quilted like puffa jackets and climbed the body to swallow the head like a giant tortoise shell.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
• Both the hummingbird and the giant tortoise have an equal number of ticks.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• Dean — an Aldabra giant tortoise, the second largest tortoise species — likes to have his shell rubbed.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2019
• Shells of such giant tortoises were sitting next to Lewis’ pet for the kids to touch and examine.
  — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Our next stop was the breeding sanctuary of the Aldabra giant tortoise, which is funded by the Four Seasons.
  — Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
• Since then, the giant tortoise has lived through 40 US presidents.
  — Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
• Train services had to be stopped to rescue an injured giant tortoise that had strayed onto the tracks.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
• Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is believed, at 185 years old, to be the oldest reptile on earth.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2017
• See an African lion, an Aldabra giant tortoise, Chilean flamingos, and more.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
• Life truly has been a marathon for Jonathan, a giant tortoise that holds the title of the oldest living land animal.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
• Researchers in the Seychelles have filmed a giant tortoise hunting and devouring a tern chick in a single gulp.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• If a male giant tortoise is found, the team will take him to the breeding center in Santa Cruz and encourage him to mate with Fernanda.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
• Lonesome George, last of his species of Galapagos giant tortoise, died.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2012
• Is photographing the giant tortoises of Aldabra Atoll on your bucket list?
  — Susan Hack, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
• For the first time, researchers in the Seychelles documented a giant tortoise stalking and eating a young tern chick.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2021
• The flights are available from January through March, just in time to see the giant tortoises hatch (between December and April).
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2017
• This huge Galápagos giant tortoise is hanging out by a home in the highlands of the Galápagos Islands.
  — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2019
• Efforts to stop the trains and save Clyde went into motion after a passenger spotted the giant tortoise on tracks while riding in a train.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
• In the case of the giant tortoise, its hunting behavior seems to be a collision of ecological quirks.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
• In recent years, the giant tortoise, thought to be extinct for more than 150 years, has returned to nest on Pinzon Island, Cordova said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2022
• This coral atoll, one of the world’s largest, is home to the only wild population of the Aldabra giant tortoise, and is a crucial nesting site for the vulnerable green turtle.
  — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2021
• Among its rare and exclusive wildlife are giant tortoises, marine iguanas, penguins, finches, crakes, and species of mice found nowhere else in the world.
  — Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
• Diego, a 100 year-old Galapagos giant tortoise that was one of the last of his species, has played an outsize role helping the population rebound.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2016
• The islands are known for sublime beaches, coral reefs and nature reserves, rainforests, and rare animals like the Aldabra giant tortoise.
  — Diane Bair, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• Together, these islands are home to 14 distinct species of giant tortoise.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 June 2022
• According to Gibbs, that the giant tortoise is female may be an important clue to the shocking behavior.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• The owner had an unusual pet—an 80-year-old, 4-foot-long giant tortoise named Jumby, who lived in a custom enclosure with a metal roof, a pond and a waterfall in the backyard.
  — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• The secret to this success is that—much like beavers, brown bears and elephants—giant tortoises are ecological architects.
  — Syris Valentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024