A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoise by Paul Chambers

A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoise

Paul Chambers

306 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative medium-paced
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For millennia the mighty giant tortoises lived in isolation on remote oceanic islands such as the Galapagos, Seychelles and Mauritius. Then in the sixteenth century sailors discovered that they were good to eat, and their strategic location led to...

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