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They Almost Vanished. Now 183,000 Giant Tortoises Rule This Remote Paradise

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They Almost Vanished. Now 183,000 Giant Tortoises Rule This Remote Paradise
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Once pushed to the brink, giant tortoises on a Seychelles atoll now outnumber the country’s people, with a new survey estimating nearly 183,000 animals. Aldabra Atoll, home to the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population, supports an estimated 180,000 animals, according to research led by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter. [...]

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