The oldest residents of Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.
Mommy and Abrazzo, both almost 100 year old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, are now proud parents of four little hatchlings.
The Zoo’s reptile and amphibian team recently hatched four critically endangered tortoises, the first successful hatching of this species in the Zoo’s history.
The animal care team “worked diligently to provide the right conditions for Mommy to lay her eggs and for the eggs to incubate and successfully hatch,” Philadelphia Zoo Director of Herpetology and Birds Lauren Augustine said in a statement…