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'Seemingly impossible': 100-year-old giant tortoise reproduces for first time

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Philadelphia Zoo recently hatched eggs laid by an endangered giant tortoise.

Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger porteri ) are critically endangered.

This is the first time Philadelphia Zoo has hatched eggs in its more than 150-year history.

Mommy has been at the zoo for more than 90 years .

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