Giant tortoise thought to be extinct discovered in Galapagos

SANTA CRUZ, Ecuador (AFP) — A tortoise thought to be a Chelonoidis phantasticus, a species believed to have gone extinct about a century ago, has been discovered during an expedition to Fernandina Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago.

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