Already more than 100 years extinct giant tortoise is alive!

quito - On the Galapagos island of Fernandina a giant tortoise has been found that would have been extinct for more than 100 years. This is reported by the Ecuadorian Minister for the Environment Marcelo Mata. The minister placed on...

An expedition from nature conservationists and the Galápagos Park Authority discovered a female of the Chelonoidis phantastica, a subspecies of the galapagos giant tortoise, on Tuesday evening (local time). The animal, also known as Fernandina giant tortoise, was last observed in 1906. Because there were no clear signs of life afterwards, it was feared that the animal had died out. Scientists assumed that the turtle had disappeared as a result of volcanic eruptions.