He's not an Aldabra, he a Galapagos tortoise.

ogmoses

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Sorry I haven't been on here much. But I was reading my last post and from some of the pictures I've taken a lot of people think that my baby is an Aldabra. This is clearly not the case.
I do have an Aldabra as well so it's easy for me to tell the differences :):) but here are some updated pictures and some old ones. FYI Darwin is pushing 350G :):):)
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Here is Sheldon and you can barely make out Darwin in the background trying to climb the step.
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Still one of the smoothest shells I've ever seen:):)
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They both look great. It's hard for me to tell the difference in baby pics.
Are you housing them together when they both are larger? Ive read that the Galop is/can be aggressive compared to the not aggressive Aldabra.
:) thanks, think we talked about this last time a well :) they will be housed separate.
We went into a great length of about it last time.
 
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He's beautiful!
What's he housed in? He's not outside full time yet is he?
 

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He's beautiful!
What's he housed in? He's not outside full time yet is he?
Not outside full time yet:) he has his indoor chamber set up for those cold days and nights. 6x3x3 with orchid bark. But on 80+ days he does spend quite a bit of time outside
 

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:) thanks, think we talked about this last time a well :) they will be housed separate.
We went into a great length of about it last time.
Your right. I do remember that now that you said it again.
Keep us updated. When the little one gets a little bigger, would love to know your opinion on the differences between the two that you notice. Personality wise.
 

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:) thanks, think we talked about this last time a well :) they will be housed separate.
We went into a great length of about it last time.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. You have a beautiful backyard.
 

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So cute! It's always hard for me to tell the difference until they get older, and then I can tell that the faces are very different as well as the shell shape sometimes! Thanks for the pictures, they are both beautiful tortoises.
 
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