The RedFoot Tortoise

Helping educate current and potential owners of Redfoot tortoises on their husbandry, so they can have a healthy, active tortoise and the tortoise can express its normal behavior and live a long, healthy life.

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Galapagos Tortoise migration

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It’s always interesting to read about new discoveries when it comes to the ancient relative of the Redfoot  – the Galapagos tortoise.

This is a short, but very interesting article on how and why they migrate in the same manner as Reindeer.

National Geographic
Galápagos Tortoises: Slow and Steady MigratorsNational Geographic

On a volcanic island in the Galápagos archipelago, giant tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) such as the one pictured, undertake a seasonal migration. The surprising finding comes from a tracking study conducted by Stephen Blake, a researcher at Max Planck …

…More at Galápagos Tortoises: Slow and Steady Migrators – National Geographic

 

Galapagos Tortoises thriving on remote island

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Since the Redfoot Tortoise and the Galop are ancient relatives, I found this article on Galops coming back on a remote island a real happy one to read.

Lonesome George Is Dead, Long Live The Giant Galapagos Tortoise!
Worldcrunch
PUERTO BAQUERIZO MORENO – The famous giant tortoise of the Galapagos is saved! At least for now… It was thought that the ancient Galapagos tortoise endemic to these South American islands had gone extinct with last year’s death of Lonesome …
…More at Lonesome George Is Dead, Long Live The Giant Galapagos Tortoise! – Worldcrunch

Lonesome George was the last of the Pinta Island Galops and it was a sad day when I heard he passed away last year.  There’s a PBS special on him from 2006 that covers the history of the Galops and how they were decimated by Whaling ships in the 1700’s and 1800’s.

If you can find on your local PBS station it’s worth watching.