{"id":2393,"date":"2019-02-22T20:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galapagosnative.com\/encuentran-tortuga-extinta\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:43:35","slug":"an-extinted-turtle-was-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galapagosnative.com\/en\/an-extinted-turtle-was-found\/","title":{"rendered":"This turtle was not extinted"},"content":{"rendered":"

This specie comes to life<\/h1>\n

The expeditioners celebrate in front of the heart touching turtle eyes.<\/p>\n

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The chelonoidis phantasticus, a Giant turtle of Gal\u00e1pagos who was declared extinted in 1906, was found 2 days ago by a group of conservacy experts.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This news touches the entire scientific community, few are the species that after being declared extinct, have been found again, the collaborators of this expedition, who were doing their periodic naturalistic work found it; we applaud their work and dedication to the conservation of the species, the expedition led by @parquegalapagos and @SaveGalapagos located an adult female, who would be approximately 100 years old. The interesting thing about this is that researchers from 1906 to 1964 had not found anything, except that year turtle excrement, “who knows and could have been the same turtle in his youth”, we comment with humor, the first person to confirm the news was the Environment Minister of Ecuador Marcelo Mata.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING NEWS! GC\u2019s own @wacho_tapia<\/a> just returned from Fernandina Island in #Galapagos<\/a>, where they discovered a female #tortoise<\/a>. Tortoises on Fernandina have been thought to be extinct for over 100 years, so this is a monumental finding! Photos \u00a9 GNPD, W. Tapia pic.twitter.com\/fhQpIzsHmM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GalapagosConservancy (@SaveGalapagos) February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n