Gladys Porter Zoo Hatches Galápagos Tortoise
The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas hatched a few Galápagos tortoise eggs last week. The Zoo is currently waiting for more eggs to hatch and are hoping to get some females in order to help sustain the species. “Until they’re ready (to leave the incubator), we keep them wrapped up to simulate being underground. They spend up to two weeks to finish absorbing the yolk,” said Ashley Ortega, a reptile keeper at the zoo. The Gladys Porter Zoo keep the hatchlings for five years before transferring them to another Zoo.
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Black-breasted hill turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) is a sexually dimorphic species. Adult males have white irises and females have beige to tan irises. The male also has a longer and thicker tail than that of the females and females tend to have a more striped pattern on the head.
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Photo from Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald.
