When I sit with a Galapagos tortoise, I can feel a charm I haven’t felt with another reptile. Although tortoises are sometimes considered primitive and regal, their individuality gives the Galapagos tortoises that “gentle giant” type of aura. While the threatened Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone Nigra) is now federally protected, that was only required after their populations quickly plummeted. … Continue reading History of the Galapagos Tortoise