swimming tortoise

enchilada

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when i read the post "tortoise swimming", it instantly remind me of this
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930601058290#abstract

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The first substantiated case of trans‐oceanic tortoise dispersal
DOI:
10.1080/00222930601058290
Justin Gerlacha*, Catharine Muirb & Matthew D. Richmondc
pages 2403-2408


  • Accepted: 9 Oct 2006
  • Published online: 22 Oct 2010

Abstract
In December 2004 an Aldabra giant tortoise Dipsochelys dussumieri was washed ashore on the coast of east Africa, probably having been carried off the shore of Aldabra atoll, 740 km away. Although trans‐oceanic dispersal is assumed to be the mechanism by which tortoises and many other animals became established on islands throughout the world, this is the first direct evidence of a tortoise surviving such a sea‐crossing."
 
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