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Finding these extinct species is now similar to an Easter egg hunt, which would be a lot of fun. It would be monumental for the species if humans were able to find a few specimens, since we would be able to begin a breeding program to help keep this Tortoise population alive. Although, if I were the\u00a0Chelonoidis elephantopus, I would be a little weary of humans since their drastic population decline was a result of our hunting efforts. Maybe this is the perfect time to make things right and help this animal species do something that is almost impossible……comeback from extinction!<\/p>\n
That does it for our trip to the amazing Galapagos Islands. I hope you enjoyed learning about the comeback tour of this “extinct” tortoise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week it seems we are alternating between popular animals and ones that we just don’t know much about. Today’s animal is a type of Galapagos Tortoise that we had thought had been extinct for 150 years. Yes, the Chelonoidis elephantopus falls under the category of “we don’t know much about this animal”. That’s okay though since we are going to do our best to uncover a few facts about this amazing tortoise. Are you ready to take a quick trip to the Galapagos Islands, where it is believed that this once “extinct” animal is making the comeback of the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,2664,2663,399,4025,328,402],"yoast_head":"\n
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