{"id":17603,"date":"2025-04-05T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/an-endangered-galapagos-tortoise-is-a-first-time-mother-at-100\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:30:14","slug":"an-endangered-galapagos-tortoise-is-a-first-time-mother-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/an-endangered-galapagos-tortoise-is-a-first-time-mother-at-100\/","title":{"rendered":"An Endangered Gal\u00e1pagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Gal\u00e1pagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, who recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mommy, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiazoo.org\/news\/four-critically-endangered-galapagos-tortoises-hatch-at-philadelphia-zoo\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">who has lived at the zoo since 1932<\/a>, laid 16 eggs in November. Four of them have since hatched \u2014 the first successful hatching for her species at the zoo, which opened in 1874.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She had help, of course \u2014 from Abrazzo, a male tortoise who is also estimated to be about a century old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mommy and Abrazzo, both members of the Western Santa Cruz subspecies, are the oldest animals at the Philadelphia Zoo. But Gal\u00e1pagos tortoises can live as long as 200 years, the zoo said, putting them squarely in middle age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The first hatchling emerged on Feb. 27, the zoo announced on Thursday. The others followed within days, with the last one hatching on March 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The hatchlings, none of which have been named, are expected to be on view to the public starting on April 23, the zoo said. They are doing \u201cfantastic,\u201d according to the zoo\u2019s director of herpetology, Lauren Augustine. (Herpetology refers to the study of reptiles and amphibians.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey are about the size of a tennis ball and they are pretty feisty, actually,\u201d Ms. Augustine said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The arrival of the hatchlings is significant because Western Santa Cruz Gal\u00e1pagos tortoises are considered critically endangered by the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/iucn.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/a>. Before the new arrivals, there were only 44 Western Santa Cruz Giant tortoises in all of the zoos in the United States, according to the Philadelphia Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The baby tortoises will likely never share the same physical space as their parents. Their imposing size \u2014 Abrazzo is 410 pounds and Mommy is around 280 pounds \u2014 poses a risk that the hatchlings could be crushed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Unlike his mate, Abrazzo is not a first-time parent. In 2011, he was part of a successful pairing that led to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmbfnews.com\/story\/16066256\/age-not-a-factor-for-one-of-riverbanks-oldest-new-moms\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unexpected discovery of five hatchlings<\/a> at his previous home, the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Abrazzo came to the Philadelphia Zoo on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which identified him as a potential genetic match for Mommy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Abrazzo and Mommy were introduced in 2022, and Mommy began laying eggs in 2023. She has now laid four rounds of eggs. The first three rounds were not viable. The fourth, however, was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Once she laid the eggs, members of the zoo\u2019s staff weighed and measured them, and set them up to be artificially incubated at two different temperatures: one known to produce female offspring and a higher temperature known to produce males.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The four hatchlings born this year are all female, but Ms. Augustine said that three additional eggs were still being incubated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s sort of a testimony through the excellent care that she must be receiving at that institution,\u201d Stephen Divers, a professor of zoological medicine at the University of Georgia, said of Mommy. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy keeping a giant tropical tortoise appropriately in the northern hemisphere.<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The hatchlings will be kept in captivity for at least five years. After that, the zoo will determine what to do with them, in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aza.org\/species-survival-plan-programs\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">consultation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums<\/a>. They could end up at another zoo if they are a genetic match for other tortoises, or they could live out their days in the wild on the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador. But that would carry risk, said Rachel Metz, the Philadelphia Zoo\u2019s vice president of animal well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201c<\/em>They\u2019re at extreme risk from natural disasters, disease potentially, climate change and invasive species,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Centuries ago, the Gal\u00e1pagos tortoise population numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but it declined over time as they were hunted for human consumption. In the last half-century, however, the population has rebounded <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.londonzoo.org\/whats-here\/animals\/galapagos-tortoises\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to around 17,000<\/a> because of conservation and breeding programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Population estimates for the Western Santa Cruz tortoise vary widely, but Stephen Blake, an assistant professor of biology at St. Louis University who has worked extensively with Gal\u00e1pagos tortoises, says it is likely in the thousands. The population appears to be stable and growing, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because the population is small and reproduction in captivity is so uncommon, the hatchlings will give researchers a rare chance to study the tortoises from a young age in captivity, said Juan Manuel Vazquez, a biologist who has studied aging in long-living animals, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2021\/11\/019.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">including Gal\u00e1pagos tortoises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery additional tortoise counts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Blake said it wasn\u2019t uncommon for Gal\u00e1pagos tortoises to reproduce at 100 in the wild. Given that, the hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo are not likely to have a significant effect on conservation efforts, but they could help raise awareness about giant tortoises generally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201c<\/em>This one reproducing tortoise, in my opinion, isn\u2019t going to do much for what\u2019s going on in the wild in direct terms,\u201d he said. \u201cBut in indirect terms, if the zoo can promote the wonder of a 100-year-old reptile producing babies for the first time and use that as a vehicle to promote wonder among people and a conservation ethic, then so much the better<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins 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