Scientists Believed This Giant Tortoise Was Vegetarian, Then Filmed It Hunting a Tern Chick

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By Olivia RosaneAug 24, 2021, 2:00 pm252 pts
Researchers have caught an extraordinary event on camera: a Seychelles giant tortoise killing and eating a tern chick. The incident, documented in the journal Current Biology Monday, is so surprising because tortoises are generally assumed to be vegetarians. "This is completely unexpected behaviour and has…

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