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Description
Status Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3), on both as Geochelone gigantea although it is also referred to as Dipsochelys dussumieri or D. elephantine (4).Description The Aldabra giant tortoise is indeed a giant, with individuals reaching over one metre in length (2). The thick, domed carapace is dark grey to black in colour and the robust limbs are covered in bony scales, as is the small, pointed head (5).Range Endemic to the islands of Aldabra and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, populations have also been introduced to Mauritius, Reunion (6), and granitic islands of Seychelles such as Curieuse and Fregate (7).Habitat inhabits a wide variety of vegetation on the islands where it is found, from scrub and mangrove swamp to grassy plains known as 'platins' (2).Biology The breeding season occurs from February to May (5), and females lay small clutches of 9 to 25 eggs, of which less than half are fertile in the wild (2). Hatchlings emerge anything from 3.5 to 7 months later. Aldabra tortoises have a predominately vegetation-based diet although they will supplement this intake with carrion (2) (7).Threats Giant tortoises throughout the islands of the Indian Ocean represented an important food source for sailors visiting these shores in the 17th to 19th Centuries and live individuals were often captured and stored for meat in the ship's hold (2) (7). In addition, the destruction of habitat and the introduction of mammalian predator
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Stele Irynefer: Top level: The gods Anubis and Osiris enthroned facing Ahmose Nefertari and Amenhotep first deified; 2nd Level: his wife and their daughter Hathor Mehytkhaty make funerary offerings. Third Level: Hathor is offering with her brothers to her parents. Reign of Seti I and Ramses II to 1290-1220 BC
UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wales, Carmarthenshire, Cynghordy, Viaduct, Railway Bridge, Heart of Wales Line, Stone, 19th Century, 1867, Thomas Telford, IPSV1811,
Early 20th century trade card imagining fashionable travel in 2012. Private biplane collecting passengers from roof of their house. Fortunately the boxes of Chocolat Lombard have not been forgotten. Flying Aviation Aeronautics
Nash, Beach, Glamorgan, Heritage Coast, Vale of Glamorgan, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Bristol Channel, Waves, Sea, Cliffs, Limestone, Landscape, Seascape, Evening Light, Welsh, Wales, UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,
Description
The beach and coastline around Nash Point is part of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast in south Wales. It is particularly scenic and is fringed with an excellent coastal footpath.
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Exmoor, North Devon, Somerset, landscape, scenery, National Park, National Trust, holiday, vacation, David Young, Exmoor, National Park, North Somerset, South West England, UK, tourism; holiday; vacation; travel; SW England; West Country; Westcountry; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom, pony, ponies, young animal, moor, moorland, hill, gorse, mane, horse, equine
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