THE GIANT TORTOISES
Two giant tortoises from the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean are now making themselves at home in their new quarters in the Auckland Zoo, in the sub-tropical part of New' Zealand. They were brought from their tropical home in the barque Killoran, which had a cargo of fertiliser. On arrival at the zoo they were found to be almost paralysed with cold, as the sailing ship had not set a straight-line course, but had‘-'sailed what mariners call a great circle route, which took it into Antarctic waters. This was the quickest, but also the coldest, way to its destination. Both tortoises were thawing out in the warm sunshine of Auckland when the last air mail left.
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Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 6
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120THE GIANT TORTOISES Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 6
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