LAND OF DID YOU KNOW? ZSL AND HOUSE THE GIANTS A can live for up ARK to , 70 years longer 150 YEARS 1. Where have ZSL scientists been working to conserve endangered than the average lifespan for humans. 1. Go to the HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE TORTOISE green and hawksbill turtles? WORLD section. Look at the weight a Galapagos can reach. Now weigh yourself. How many times heavier is the tortoise than you? DID YOU KNOW? 2. How many hatchlings have been successfully returned to the sea?

There are 335 of turtles and 3. Turtle Ark is helping to save the most critically endangered species of turtles. Name a species they are helping to conserve. 2. Read the information on the Galapagos worldwide and 50% of Islands. How did the tortoises get to the islands? Galapagos these are giant tortoise THREATENED.

3. Can you spot all 5 giant tortoises in their TURTLE AND TORTOISE DISTRIBUTION enclosure? What are their names and what are they doing? E.g. eating. DID YOU KNOW?

Tortoises and turtles face Name: many THREATS including What are they doing? CLIMATE CHANGE, PREDATION, Name: POLLUTION and What are they doing? DEFORESTATION.

Name: Turtle habitat What are they doing? Tortoise habitat Name: REPTILE HOUSE CAN YOU FIND? What are they doing?

Name: TORTOISES Live on land What are they doing? Roti island Have rounded feet Annam leaf turtle snake necked turtle Radiated tortoise Have a domed shell If you visit the Aquarium, you can Find the board about how long TURTLES also see GIANT it takes the tortoises to walk one Live primarily at sea AMAZON RIVER metre. Usain Bolt ran the 100m Have flat shaped feet TURTLES and FLY in 9.58 seconds. It would take Mediterranean RIVER TURTLES. Have a flatter shell a tortoise about 25 minutes! spur-thighed tortoise Egyptian tortoise