28-04-2010, 07:43 AM | #1 |
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Can you ID this one Dan?
1 minute 10 seconds in, to see the tort but worth seeing from start
http://natgeotv.com/uk/lost-world-un...-the-crocodile I posted it on off topic originally but I'm interested to know what it might be http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...22&postcount=1 |
28-04-2010, 12:23 PM | #2 |
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Made me think it was an aldabra or galop when I saw it
Had to go have a look to see if I could find anything about it. Its been carbon dated at 2500 years old so I'm sticking with my thought that its an old relative of one of the giants
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There have been a few fossil tortoises described from the West Indies (the Caribbean). Geochelone cubensis from Cuba; Geochelone sombrerensis from Sombrero, Anguilla; Geochelone nevassae from Navassa Island (off the coast of Haiti); Geochelone monensis from Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
These were all large (Leopard tortoise size and bigger) tortoises, so I'm assuming this one would be the same but a new species seeing as it's from the Bahamas. Danny
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Thanks Dan
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