An endangered turtle has given birth for the first time at the age of 90 Houston ZooIn the US state of Texas, according to local media.
Mr. The pickle is gone Father of three turtles: Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeno.
The three little turtles are distinguished by the color of their shell, the jalapeño being the darkest, the dill the lightest, and the gherkin having a white dot in the center.
Paternal Mr. Pickles, aged 90, This is good news for your typeThe star tortoise from Madagascar is threatened by poaching for illegal sale and the few hatchlings it regularly keeps.
at China pays the equivalent of 46 euros to eat one of these turtles.
Three children of Mr. Pickles, who has been at the Houston Zoo for 36 years, is survived by her friend, Mrs. Pickles, 53, came to the conservation center in 1996.
to Small turtles hang out in the zoo’s reptile and amphibian center Until they are old enough to be reunited with their parents.
The zoo explained in a statement that the cubs The group in the center survived because they found the eggs in timeSince the Houston mud is not the best for turtles, moving them to a reptile and amphibian hatchery is a good idea.
Mr. Pickles are considered Star Tortoise is genetically very valuable In Species Survival Project of the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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