“Mami” phenomenon of extinct species; The turtle became a hundred -year -old mother

Quoted by the livesins; The giant female turtle, Santa Cruz Cruz Galapagos, has been extinct for the first time at the age of 5. Living in the Philadelphia zoo for about a century, the turtle has been able to reproduce with its peer -to -peer turtle.

The Galapagos Western Cruise Turtles are one of the giant turtles of the Galapagos Islands and are one of the largest species of turtles. In this breed, males are typically larger than females. Their height reaches about 1.5 meters and can weigh up to about 1 kg.

Human activities in the Galapagos Islands have also led to the extinction of several species of turtles and residents of drought, aquaculture and amphibians. Initially, the sailors hunted Galapagos as food, and then humans were destroyed by habitat and the transfer of invasive species such as goats and sheep (turtle diet competitors) as well as cats and mice (egg hunters and turtles).

Photographer: Paul J. Morris / Flickr

The Philadelphia Zoo has announced that older turtle infants, Mommy, have successfully removed the egg. The exact age of the mummy is unclear; But given that he has lived in this zoo for nearly five years, his birthday looks like a strange phenomenon.

The Philadelphia Zoo is 5 years old; But this is the first time that the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises has eggs and has children. The main habitat of this species of turtles is in the “Galapagos” islands; But they are extremely endangered and less than 5 of them remain in the American zoo.

The birth of Mami’s children is an important event in the history of the Philadelphia zoo. We share this news with cities, countries and other parts of the world; Because Mami entered the Philadelphia zoo in year 6, and anyone who has come to the garden for the past five years has probably seen Mom.

– “Jo-Elele Mogrman), President and CEO of Philadelphia Zoo

Photographer: David Berkowitz / Flickr

Abrazzo is a 5 -year -old male turtle, like Mummy, a species of Santa Cruise Galapagos. Abrazu previously lived in the Riverbanks Zoo in the US State of South Carolina, and in the year, the agents of the zoo succeeded in surviving the Abrazo generation and proliferating this species.

Since turtles and many other reptiles, after reaching puberty, have the ability to reproduce until the end of their lives, in year 2, Abrazo was transferred to the Philadelphia Zoo to mate with Mom. Mami is part of the extinction protection program in the United States. So he first migrated with a pedestrian male and reproduced.

Researchers and researchers of reptiles biology do not know how long the galapagos turtle is longevity; But one example of them has lived up to 5 years.

Photographer: NDECAM / Flickr

In November, Mommy laid 2 eggs. The guards of the Philadelphia Zoo collected the eggs and placed in the incubator, a device with natural conditions in terms of temperature, humidity, and so on. Since temperatures determine the gender of turtles; Eggs that are at temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius lead to births of male gender and eggs at temperatures above 0.5 ° C result in the birth of infants with female gender.

Mommy eggs were divided into two groups; But only eggs that were at temperatures were more than 0.5 degrees Celsius.

Photographer: US Geological Survey / Flickr

Our team is very happy and excited about this great success. It is a significant achievement that Mami is the first time for the mother. Prior to the death of Mommy infants, there were only four giant Turtles of the West Cruise in the Zoo. These babies added a significant number of genetics of turtles and added to their population on Earth. This has been impossible until recently for us and other researchers in this field.

– “Ashley Ortega” (Ashley Ortga), Galapagos Turtle Conservation Program in “Gladis Porter Texas” Zoo

Photographer: Unknown / smithsonianmag.com

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Photo Source: Philadelphiazoo.org, Photographer: Unknown