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Aldabra giant tortoise

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Habitat:

The main population of the Aldabra giant tortoise resides on the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. The atoll has been protected from human influence and is home to some 100,000 giant tortoises, the world's largest population of the animal.[4] Another isolated population of the species resides on the island of Changuu, near Zanzibar and other captive populations exist in conservation parks in Mauritius and Rodrigues.The tortoises exploit many different kinds of habitat, including grasslands, low scrub, mangrove swamps, and coastal dunes.

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KarinSaner
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KarinSaner

Mauritius

Spotted on Mar 28, 2005
Submitted on Nov 20, 2013

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