25 Aug 2021

Giant Seychelles tortoise witnessed eating a bird

From First Up, 5:28 am on 25 August 2021

When we think of a tortoise having lunch, we usually imagine them chomping on a leaf or something green .. but now biologists Anna Zora and Justin Gerlach from the University of Cambridge have presented video evidence of a tortoise hunting and eating a bird. The giant Seychelles tortoise was not expected to do that. Nathan Rarere spoke to Justin Gerlach about the grizzly discovery.

You can watch the tortoise video here