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Chelonoidis nigra
Galapagos tortoises at the Charles Darwin Research Center. The first individual was brought in after he had been shot. You can see the bullet hole in his carapace in photo 4.
Santa Cruz, Galapagos
The center rehabilitates tortoises & breeds them for release into the wild. I'm not sure of the subspecies here.
Spotted on Nov 30, 2012
Submitted on Dec 24, 2012
5 Comments
Karen, I just added my spotting of this tortoise: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/713...
Thanks Luis!
Wonderful series Karen!
I guess he is the most recognizable tortoise there Neil!
I know this tortoise! He is still there, and I got some good photos and video clips of this one.