Scientists Found 180 Thousand Giant Tortoises Living On A Single Island
Imagine an island where giant tortoises outnumber the people living in the entire country. For one particular island off the coast of East Africa, this is not an exaggeration but an actual reality. Researchers have made an extraordinary discovery related to giant tortoises, a species that was once pushed dangerously close to extinction. Giant tortoises currently outnumber the entire human population of Seychelles University of Exeter/FotoNatura Eric36509086114 A landmark survey has revealed that Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles is home to approximately 180,000 free-roaming giant tortoises. Roughly 180,000 of these giant reptiles inhabit the remote atoll, exceeding the tiny archipelago nation’s human population of around 122,000. The survey marks a major milestone for the Aldabra giant tortoise population and is the most rigorous estimate of the species’ numbers to date. NASA/Wikipedia Big
