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A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.
In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history.
The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo’s two oldest residents.
The quartet is being kept behind the scenes inside the Reptile and Amphibian House for now, “eating and growing appropriately,” the zoo said.
They weigh between 70 and 80 grams, about the weight of a…
