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  2. African spurred tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, in Africa. It is the largest mainland species of tortoise in Africa, and the third-largest in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and Aldabra giant tortoise .

  3. Lost tortoise in Texas travels 50 miles, spurs frantic four ...

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    Hoss, a 35-pound sulcata tortoise, slipped out of his Hood County, Texas, enclosure a week before Thanksgiving and made his way to Hico, Texas. Here’s how he found his way home.

  4. 'Gitmo' in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered ...

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    The Marines are hardly the only threat to tortoises. Roads and highways have carved up previously wide-open stretches of desert into parcels that are in some cases too small to allow for the ...

  5. Oklahoma City Zoo announces birth of five rare giant tortoise ...

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    The Zoo has four adult giant tortoises ranging in age from 80-120 years old. Their names are Max, Isa, Miss B, and Ellie. The new babies are also the father Max's first-ever hatchlings.

  6. Angonoka tortoise - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, 75 tortoises were stolen, which later appeared for sale in the Netherlands. The project was ultimately successful, achieving 224 captive-bred juveniles out of 17 adults in 2004. Project Angonoka developed conservation plans that involved local communities making firebreaks, along with the creation of a park to protect the tortoise and ...

  7. Elongated tortoise - Wikipedia

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    This species of tortoise can be seen everywhere in Ban Kok, a village in Suan Mon sub-district, Mancha Khiri district about 50 km (31.1 mi) from Khon Kaen city in Isan (northeastern) Thailand. These tortoises habitually coexisted with the villagers with nothing to harm them for more than 200 years since the village was founded.

  8. File:Tortoise-Hatchling.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. 'Most Whopper-ful time:' Burger King brings back Whopper ...

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    The Whopper Melts, on the other hand, return to the Burger King in three different flavors, including Shroom n’ Swiss, Bacon Melt and Classic Melt.