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CAN YOU FIND?

Annam leaf turtle

Egyptian tortoise Mediterranean

spur-thighed tortoise

LAND OF THE GIANTS

1. Go to the HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE TORTOISE WORLD section. Look at the weight a Galapagos giant tortoise can reach. Now weigh yourself. How many times heavier is the tortoise than you?

2. Read the information on the Galapagos Islands. How did the tortoises get to the islands?

3. Can you spot all 5 giant tortoises in their enclosure? What are their names and what are they doing? E.g. eating.

Name:

What are they doing?

Name:

What are they doing?

Name:

What are they doing?

Name:

What are they doing?

Name:

What are they doing?

ZSL AND TURTLE ARK1. Where have ZSL scientists been working to conserve endangered green turtles and hawksbill turtles?

2. How many hatchlings have been successfully returned to the sea?

3. Turtle Ark is helping to save the most critically endangered species of turtles. Name a species they are helping to conserve.

TORTOISESLive on land

Have rounded feetHave a domed shell

TURTLESLive primarily at sea

Have flat shaped feetHave a flatter shell

DID YOU KNOW?

Tortoises and turtles face many THREATS including CLIMATE CHANGE,

PREDATION, POLLUTION and

DEFORESTATION.

Radiated tortoiseRoti island

snake necked turtle

Turtle habitatTortoise habitat

Galapagos giant tortoise

Find the board about how long it takes the tortoises to walk one metre. Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.58 seconds. It would take a tortoise about 25 minutes!

TURTLE AND TORTOISE DISTRIBUTION

If you visit the Aquarium, you can

also see GIANT AMAZON RIVER TURTLES and FLY RIVER TURTLES.

DID YOU KNOW?

There are 335 SPECIES of turtles and tortoises worldwide and 50% of

these are THREATENED.

DID YOU KNOW?

A TORTOISE can live for up to 150 YEARS, 70 years longer

than the average lifespan for humans.

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