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    Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
    Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
    Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
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    Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

    By Kate Messner and Jake Messner

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    Galápagos giant tortoises are fascinating—and endangered. They live only on the Galápagos Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. These tortoises face threats from the humans who live on—and visit—the islands, as well as from Earth's warming climate.

    Join author Kate Messner on an a journey to the Galápagos Islands to see these incredible creatures up close and discover how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists to study and protect them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateSep 7, 2021
    ISBN9781728436302
    Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
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    Kate Messner

    Kate Messner is the award-winning author of Over and Under the Snow, Sea Monster's First Day, Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish, and more than a dozen other books for young readers. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family.

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