The Largest Turtle Species | Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under

There are eight Galapagos Tortoises living at the Taronga zoo in Dubbo Australia. They are among the oldest animals living at the zoo and take things slow and steady, their presence encourages keepers to do the same.
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Galapagos Turtles of the Zoo | Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under
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Love tortoises & turtles so much..!! 🥰😘🐢💗

[@warlord007]

Thnx nat geo for stay connected to these nature wonders ❣️

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So nice!!! Thank you!!!🙋♥️😃

[@INVINCIBLEFF01]

AMAZING THANKS NAT GEO

[@Powerranger-le4up]

At the zoo where I volunteer, you can go behind the scenes and actually pet and feed them. It’s a lot of money, but well worth the memories.

[@dramonmaster222]

The turtle gives meaning to the term "slow and steady".

[@ParallelRyley2001]

I have never heard this giant turtle species before, but is truly amazing!

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

Google Galapagos Islands. Many yt vids out there about it and the turtles? They're wonderful. ⚘ ❤ ⚘

[@MisterHeroman]

H-how old are you?

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Wow, so you never heard about Galapagos Turtles??? I guess you're just not that interested in animals...

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@@part-timebrock1126 This one is actually new so of course is a rare animal. I'm still 20 so I can't wait to see more! Wildlife is awesome!

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Prehistoric edge tortoises.. 👍🔥👌

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Beautiful

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Beautiful living dinasours I swear

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Master Shredder has entered the chat!

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Well this is awesome to see the largest tortoise species in SOTP: DU.

[@Burungpinggiran]

Amazing

[@someonesurviving]

I see they're really fast

[@Enkeria]

I like all kind of turtles. I blame the Ninja Turtles culture for it!

[@pamagujar183]

That was really neat to learn about those turtles! Thanks! What happens to them during the winter seasons? I'm embarrassed to ask this but, are they warm blooded animals? How long does it take for their eggs to hatch? Do you incubate the eggs or leave it up to Mom? What is their average life span? On Galapagos, who would be their predators? How many eggs on average do they lay? This was so fasinating for me. Thanks for the public education!

[@teadora99]

I'm not sure about the winter seasons, I imagine off the coast of Ecuador it doesn't get too cold so they would stay living their general life. They're cold blooded animals like most reptiles and they normally lay around 2-15 eggs per clutch which take about 150 days to hatch. They're I think one of the animals with the world's longest lifespan reaching over 100 years, I think some of the oldest have grown to around 175 years old. They only have one predator called the Galapagos Hawk, but thats only for the eggs & new hatchlings, so the grown ones are fine, but I imagine the reason they are endangered is more so due to humans than any predators :( Hope this answered enough of your questions!

[@pamagujar183]

@@teadora99 Thanks! It did answer a lot of questions. Hope to see more videos about them. Their life span is something we can learn a lot from. Thanks again!

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Oogway!

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They are the real blastoise! 😍

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Wauu good

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That’s a tortoise bruh, the comment section is going mad with turtles

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I want that job

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Mama knows you ain’t never seen no better babies, nowhere.

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Best babies you ever done seent in your whole life. My grandmothers would be older.

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wow

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Tortoises of my country

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❤

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your videos are great, we also make animal videos

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I hope they are here a million years long after I'm gone

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God bless the tortoises.

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😮

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I love animals so much (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

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Cowabunga!!!

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Seriously, I want one!!!

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YOU'RE NOT WORTHY OF ONE. YOU THINK IT'S A NOVEL THING.

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They will outlive you dude, not quite something to take on impulse

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You need a permit to even have one becausebthey are endangered

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Right? Get in line behind me and a bazillion others on the planet. ✔🤣✔

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Da babys make me wan cry bru

[@MisterHeroman]

Doesn't sound like evolution helped them out that much.

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Thank you!!! As much as I love these videos, when will they acknowledge that God created all living creatures and there was NO evolution. The people who make these videos need to study the Bible ; specifically, the book of Genesis . 😕

[@verifiedauthentic100]

Natgo should know the difference between a tortoise and a turtle.... Smh

[@GrubbJunker]

Where do you see an error?

[@spacecoasttortoise]

I get you’re frustration with this, but Tortoises do technically fall under the family of turtles.

[@chelseaboyd1933]

They have time for everything except your bullcrap.

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