{"id":1346,"date":"2014-09-27T22:41:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2014-10-24T02:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T06:08:15","slug":"radiated-tortoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/09\/27\/radiated-tortoise\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiated Tortoise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The radiated tortoise is a species of large tortoise from Madagascar.
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Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata<\/em>), Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Each plate of the radiated tortoise’s shell has a radiated pattern, hence the name.<\/p>\n

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A few beautiful shell patterns.<\/p><\/div>\n

Radiated tortoises are vegetarian, mostly herbivorous but they do occasionally eat pieces of fruit.<\/p>\n

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Radiated tortoises eating their greens in the Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Radiated tortoises are critically endangered in the wild, mostly due to habitat loss. The specimens features in these pictures live in the African Rainforest Pavilion inside the Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"Radiated<\/a>\n

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