Zoo in Philadelphia provided information about this week exceptional births of turtles.
The garden announced that This is the first such event in over 150-year history of the zoo. However, it is not just that the young belong to critically endangered species.
Unique birth in the zoo. Parents are 100 years old
Parents of toddlers – Mommy I Abrazzo – are the oldest animals, including the zoo, and their age is estimated at about 100 years. Mommy has lived in the garden since 1932 and is the oldest known mother of her species, which at this age has been off for offspring for the first time.
On the other hand Abrao He moved to Philadelphia in 2020 with Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in South Carolina.
Birth of a threatened species. “They eat and grow correctly”
The garden said that the first of four young It excluded on February 27. They weigh from 70 to 80 grams. “They eat and grow correctly,” it was written.
The ZOO team monitors more eggs and is waiting for the next turtles that can hatch in the coming weeks.
Young for the first time will be presented to visitors on April 23 – On the 93rd anniversary of the arrival of Mommy to the zoo.
Toddlers are part of the breeding program Association of Zoos and Aquariumswhich aims to survive species and genetic diversity.
Turtles from the western island of Santa Cruz from the Galapagos archipelago are a critically endangered species. There are fewer than 50 of them in the entire USA in zoos.