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Galapagos tortoises can live for more than 100 years. According to The Washington Post, one tortoise, believed to be about 97 years old, is now the oldest first-time mom of her species.
Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932. By Sopan Deb Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos ...
One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...
A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 ... Mommy, who has lived most of her life at the Pennsylvania institution, and Abrazzo, a roughly 96-year-old of the same ...