EPISODE · May 16, 2025 · 13 MIN
She's giving mother: How 97-year-old tortoise Mommy finally became a mom
from Something Offbeat
One new mom in Philadelphia took her trip to first time motherhood slow and steady. She – a Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise – waited until she was 97 years old. Host Mike Rogers talked with Lauren Augustine, curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Philadelphia Zoo, all about Mommy and her new tortoise babies, named after the “Golden Girls”.
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