(Answer) What do scientists say is unusual about a recently sighted Galápagos tortoise?

Quiz Question: What do scientists say is unusual about a recently sighted Galápagos tortoise?

The given options are:

  • It has rudimentary wings
  • It’s a new species
  • They thought the species was extinct

Correct Answer:

They thought the species was extinct


Info: The last recorded sighting of a Fernandina tortoise was in 1906. Scientists thought the species had gone extinct until they recently spotted a large female specimen on Fernandina Island in the western Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. She’s thought to be more than 100 years old – wait, how do we know that’s not the same tortoise?

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