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Narrator tortoises were listed as a threatened species in april of 1990, and ravens are adding to this already complicated situation. Food and water provided by humans have boosted raven populations, dramatically increasing attacks on tortoises. Fourth man you know, its at the point where its a tradeoff is it the raven or is it the tortoise . Narrator in aesops tale, the tortoise won by being slow and steady, but in todays race, after surviving millions of years, the tortoise is in peril. This young tortoise lives in the mohave desert in southern california. It will take 4 years for it to grow just to thisis size. It will be another 15 years or more before it is fully an adult, able to reproduce. It has about a 2 chance of making it. The environment it lives in is challenging, and there are numerous threats, both natural and manmade. Today many tortoises live in preserves. This one in the western mohave has been studied for decades. It once supported 350 tortoises per square mile. Kris

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