Tortoise hatchlings to make public debut at Philadelphia Zoo after mother sets world record

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The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record.
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Happening today, the Philadelphia Zoo is
celebrating the mother tortoise and her
babies that have now set a world record.
She looks like a grandma to some. The
western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise
made international headlines earlier
this month when at nearly 100 years old.
She became the oldest firsttime mom of
her species. When she says, "I'm too old
for this," she means it. The hatchlings
will make their public debut today. It
comes on the 93rd anniversary of their
mother's arrival at the zoo. Her name is
appropriately Mommy. Yeah, these are the
first babies of her long life. She has
been at the Philadelphia Zoo since April
23rd, 1932.
If only she could talk, the stories she
would
