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RSS FeedsGiant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll may have been had to ward off crocodiles during the late Pleistocene
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

 
 

24 january 2018 14:59:40

 
Giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll may have been had to ward off crocodiles during the late Pleistocene
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)
 


An international team of researchers has found evidence that suggests the giant tortoises living on the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles may have once had to watch out for crocodile attacks. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes fossil evidence they found on the atoll that suggests crocodiles large enough to cause harm may have once feasted on the giant tortoises.


 
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