No decline in old age
Feb 07, 2021
2 minutes
rinkled, toothless and ambling with a ponderous gait, the giant Galapagos tortoise seems unlikely at first glance to teach us anything about ageing gracefully. These cumbersome reptiles can weigh over 400kg and take decades to reach maturity on a diet of leaves and lichens. The Galapagos Islands were made famous after Charles
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