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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Lost Tortoise, Microplastics Gel, Seal ID
Description: In today's news, with Nancy and Paz:
A turtle takes a walk, a gel sucks up microplastics, and seals get I.D.ed.
All that and more, coming up next!
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巨大象龜挖洞翹家
Big Tortoise Goes on the Run
One day, a turtle went for a walk…
And had to be rescued by police!
You see, this was not just any turtle.
It's an African spurred tortoise (蘇卡達象龜).
In the wild, these big tortoises live in the Sahara desert (撒哈拉沙漠).
They are the third-biggest species of tortoise in the world.
Their shells can grow up to 1 meter long.
One of the biggest African spurred tortoises on record weighed over 120 kilograms...