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Description: | This large tortoise is a smaller variety than the enormous Galapagos tortoises. The largest specimens are about 50=60cm (20=24ins) long. Land tortoises are vegetarians and live in the tropics where there is plenty of growth at ground level to feed on. As you can see, tortoises have no teeth, and use their sharp horny beak to cut grass or leaves which they swallow whole. Different races live in different parts of the world and sometimes on different islands. This skull may have been from the same specimen as record number S0520. | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.201719 | Go to resource |
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