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
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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
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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
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Both the hummingbird and the giant tortoise have an equal number of ticks.
—Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
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Dean — an Aldabra giant tortoise, the second largest tortoise species — likes to have his shell rubbed.
—Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2019
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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
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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
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Since then, the giant tortoise has lived through 40 US presidents.
—Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
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Train services had to be stopped to rescue an injured giant tortoise that had strayed onto the tracks.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
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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
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See an African lion, an Aldabra giant tortoise, Chilean flamingos, and more.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
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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
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Researchers in the Seychelles have filmed a giant tortoise hunting and devouring a tern chick in a single gulp.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
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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
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Lonesome George, last of his species of Galapagos giant tortoise, died.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2012
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Is photographing the giant tortoises of Aldabra Atoll on your bucket list?
—Susan Hack, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
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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
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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
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This huge Galápagos giant tortoise is hanging out by a home in the highlands of the Galápagos Islands.
—National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2019
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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
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In the case of the giant tortoise, its hunting behavior seems to be a collision of ecological quirks.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Together, these islands are home to 14 distinct species of giant tortoise.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 June 2022
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According to Gibbs, that the giant tortoise is female may be an important clue to the shocking behavior.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
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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
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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
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