Galápagos tortoise species thought extinct for 100 years found alive
Fernanda is probably 50 or older but is smaller than the typical giant tortoise, probably due to the lack of vegetation on the arid, volcanic island. This was one of the reasons scholars initially doubted Fernanda was a nativeZoologists also initially thought that the 1906 specimen must have been transplanted to Fernandina Island.
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