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Extremely rare! World's 5th "Golden Tortoise" found

Why did the century-old giant tortoise reappear on Earth?

By Faye TaggPublished 3 years ago 4 min read

On Earth, there are many kinds of creatures, and when it comes to long-lived creatures, many people may directly think of one kind of creature, that is, "turtles", which are very widely distributed around the world and exist in most of the world's coastal areas. According to publicly available data, there are about 200 to 250 species of turtles existing on earth today, mostly aquatic or semi-aquatic. But for all these species of turtles, not all of them are easy to find.

In the evolution of turtles, there are often new species of turtles that evolve, and there are times when "genetic mutations" or "heritage mutations" can produce some strange species. The next we will look at the next rare discovery about the tortoise, which can be said to be very rare in the world today, is the "golden tortoise", of course, this "golden tortoise" is often called so in other species, such as crustacean species, so do not misunderstand here, this is the actual "golden The "golden tortoise".

The world's fifth "golden tortoise" was found

According to a Russian scientific report, this extremely rare "golden tortoise" (golden tortoise) is so unique because it is golden, but the "golden tortoise" appears because of a genetic mutation that changes its pigmentation, so it is very rare. Turtles do not usually appear in this color.

According to zoologists, this is only the fifth golden turtle found in the world, a North Indian box turtle, and the first of its kind in Nepal. This "golden turtle" was found in Nepal and is of great value.

According to herpetologist Kamal Dvorkota, in Nepal, the "golden tortoise" (Golden Tortoise) is one of their beliefs and is of great religious and cultural value. Also in Hindu mythology, the upper shell of the tortoise represents the sky, while the lower shell represents the earth.

So it is not possible to touch their lives, but after the golden tortoise was recorded and archived, it was released into the wild, even though this tortoise is more difficult to survive in the wild than other tortoises. But this is their faith, sort of untouchable, right? This is how the golden tortoise was found.

Of course, the situation of the tortoise, which will remind us of the "100-year giant tortoise reappear on earth" thing, is necessary to see the strange changes in nature.

"Extinct" species reappears after a century of disappearance

This species, which was thought to be extinct, is called the "Galapagos tortoise of Fernandina Island". According to scientific reports, as early as a century ago, that is, a century-long, because the Fernandina Island Galapagos tortoise lives in the volcanic island area, so due to volcanic eruption and was once considered extinct by scientists, and in the century, scientists also searched but did not find its footprint, but in recent years this unexpected situation occurred, Fernandina Island Galapagos tortoise reappeared on earth has been confirmed. The return of the elephant turtle to the earth has been confirmed.

Of course, this time found "Fernandina Island Galapagos tortoise" is not a lot, but only a female Fernandina Island Galapagos tortoise is thought to have been extinct, it is clear that a hundred years giant tortoise is still quite lonely, at the same time scientists have not found it has "offspring "appeared, so that can only continue to look while looking for scientists have launched a captive breeding program, to expand the entire population of creatures considered extinct, which is very lucky.

So we also look forward to the early recovery of the species back, of course, also look forward to humans less "involved" with these biological groups, well protected so that it may become more and more, so will be in a better ecological environment, the stable biological chain system is also very perfect.

Why does "100 years giant turtle" reappear on earth?

According to the existing situation, scientists also do not know what the reason is, if you know it would have been a public statement. Of course, according to our usual understanding of the situation, it may be because of the "hundred-year giant tortoise" and the previous hidden, so it was not noticed, and now scientists have found its existence, which is also a surprise. In itself, science, we often say the phrase, "creatures to survive, under the broken words of humans may be far from their original habitat", so for a hundred years giant tortoise may exist in such a situation.

Of course, the species is not known, including the mysterious disappearance of nearly 90 years in our country found in 2020 Kulu cuckoo (Rhododendron adenosine), but also do not know why appeared, and the world only this one, in the en,d there is a human did not find before, or really on the emergence of other evolutionary models, for the time being also did not see a description.

And in recent years, many creatures that disappeared or were thought to be extinct have reappeared, in addition to the above, there is the mythical bird that disappeared mysteriously for more than 60 years - the Chinese crested tern also appeared, the ciliary horned guardian that disappeared for nearly 80 years also appeared, and a land bird that became extinct 136,000 years ago - the white-throated tern (Dryad). -The "resurrection" of the Dryolimnas cuvieri, a land bird that died 136,000 years ago, illustrates the peculiarities of the natural world.

Of course, most of these creatures do not explain and do not know why the disappeared or extinct creatures appear, for 136,000 years ago, the extinction of the white-throated chicken appeared, and some scientists believe that there is a "repeat evolution", do not know whether other species are similar, there are no authoritative scientific reports clearly explain This must be the case, so, for the time being, can not be sure why. So if there is corresponding information later we will take a look.

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