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Philadelphia Zoo, Mommy and Galapagos

Mommy, the zoo's nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise, now has 16 babies

After becoming a first-time mom earlier this year, she and her mate Abrazzo have added nine more hatchlings to their brood.

The Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN · 16h

Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo become parents 16 times over, Philadelphia Zoo announces

Beloved nonagenarians Mommy and Abrazzo are parents once again. Nine more western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched, the Philadelphia Zoo announced Wednesday. This is the couple’s second clutch,

The Associated Press on MSN · 21h

Tortoise hatchlings born of century-old parents make debut at Philadelphia Zoo

The pampered turtles were born in a series of hatches this year to Mommy and Abrazzo, a couple that is estimated to both be about 100 years old. Mommy arrived at the zoo in 1932, but had not produced offspring until Abrazzo was brought in nearly five years ago from Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina. The 16 are her first progeny.

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Sixteen Critically Endangered Tortoise Hatchlings Make Debut at Philadelphia Zoo

The Philadelphia Zoo just welcomed a new generation of slow-moving royalty — and gave them the red carpet treatment. Sixteen ...

Oldest Philadelphia Zoo residents welcome a tiny new generation

The new tortoise hatchlings made their debut this week. There were 9 in this latest batch this summer, for a total now of 16 ...

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100-year-old creatures at PA zoo welcome 9 babies. See the couple’s rare brood

The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a big moment for an almost-extinct reptile species: the hatching of nine critically ...

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4 New Tortoises Make Their Debut at the Philadelphia Zoo Next Week - AOL

Mommy is 97 and has been at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932. Milton W. Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23, 1932.

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Philadelphia Zoo hatches endangered Galapagos tortoises | fox43.com

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history.

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Four tortoises hatch to 100-year-old mom at Pennsylvania zoo | Kansas ...

Tortoises can lay two to 20 eggs in each clutch. Mommy, the nearly 100-year-old tortoise, is the oldest first-time mother of her species, the Philadelphia Zoo said. Photo by the Philadelphia ...

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