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The diminutive Karoo dwarf tortoise (Chersobius boulengeri) may play an outsized role as gardener in its arid South African habitat. Researchers gathered droppings of the miniature species this endangered tortoise is one of the world’s smallest, maxing out at 11 centimeters (4.3 inches) in length and analyzed them to identify its preferred diet. […]
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After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads out of their shells to take a look at their ancestral homeland.
In Noflaye, in order to maintain their rank as the third largest land tortoise after those of the Galapagos and the Seychelles, they will have to start recovering their instincts, try to find their own food as oppsed to handouts, and make their nests