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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis is a major event, but I'll put it in the lounge nonetheless: 97 yo tortoise becomes oldest "first time Mom"
WOWSER! A bit of happy news and a rarity in more ways than one!
Endangered tortoise, roughly 97, becomes oldest first-time mom of her species
Mommys four Galapagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23
WAPO, but here's a free link: https://archive.is/xL8f4

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This is a major event, but I'll put it in the lounge nonetheless: 97 yo tortoise becomes oldest "first time Mom" (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Apr 2025
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sinkingfeeling
(57,064 posts)1. That is wonderful.
Botany
(76,254 posts)2. Happy Mother's Day

Norrrm
(3,874 posts)3. Trollop!
Fla Dem
(27,403 posts)4. WoWsa!! Congratulations Mom!!!
AllaN01Bear
(28,477 posts)6. ""
Harker
(17,287 posts)7. She finally came out of her shell. n/t