Tortoises Make A Comeback!
6 days ago
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Some good news, scientists have counted around 180,000 giant tortoises on a small island in Seychelles.
In the 1800s the population of tortoises was as low as 1,000. So that is a huge comeback! There are more tortoises now than people! The (human) population of Seychelles is around 120,000.
More plans are in place to help the tortoises further. They plan to eradicate feral cats and rats who eat the eggs and tortoise babies.
Go the tortoises!
tortoise(s): リクガメ
comeback: 個体数の回復、再起
Seychelles: セーシェル
human: 人間
plans are in place: 計画が策定されている
further: さらに
to eradicate, eradicated: 根絶する、根絶された
feral cat(s): 野生化した猫（ノネコ）
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