Giant Tortoise Caught on Camera Killing and Eating Bird
August 26, 2021
Scientists have captured the first-ever images of a giant tortoise hunting, killing, and eating a bird. The “gentle giants” were previously believed to be herbivores.
Scientists were doing research on Frégate Island in Seychelles (an archipelago off the coast of East Africa) in June 2020 when they observed and filmed a giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) pursuing a tern chick that had…