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Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
<p>Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme</p><p>A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving.</p><p>A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/researchers-find-180000-giant-tortoises-living-on-island-in-seychelles">Continue reading...</a>
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