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In Dear Science this week, Wire host Castor chats with Dr Cushla McGoverin about Galapagos Tortoise migration.
Hop into some homework with our fun quiz all about frogs! It's another episode of Did You Know? Quiz for Kids and we have an interview with our old friend Gareth the Galapagos Tortoise. Listen carefully to Gareth's facts and follow it up with our five frog-themed questions to learn all you can about these amazing amphibians! It's revision remixed and a great activity to help with homework. Make sure to follow and subscribe to grab the next episode! Our free Homework Help area is also packed with facts on lots of different topics. The Amphibians section can be found here. For more quizzes, songs and lots of educational videos, head to Twinkl Kids' TV!
Hot on the heels of our extra episode about sea turtles, we're taking a look at even more reptiles with our Quiz for Kids about these fascinating creatures. We even managed to grab some insider info from our resident reptile, Gareth the Galapagos Tortoise! Listen along to Gareth's facts and then see what you can remember with our five quiz questions. It's revision remixed and a great activity to help with homework. Make sure to follow and subscribe to grab the next episode! Our free Homework Help area is also packed with facts on lots of different topics. The Reptiles section can be found here. For more quizzes, songs and lots of educational videos, head to Twinkl Kids' TV!
It's the perfect time to take a look in the garden and revisit our old friend Gareth the Galapagos Tortoise with a Did You Know? Quiz for Kids all about plants! It's another video extravaganza - don't worry, you can still listen and learn too! Gareth will tell us all about plants...all you have to do is try and remember the facts for our fun quiz questions that follow. It's revision remixed and a great activity to help with homework. Make sure to follow and subscribe to grab the next episode! Our free Homework Help area is also packed with facts on lots of different topics. The Plants section can be found here. For more songs and lots of educational videos, head to our Twinkl Kids' TV YouTube channel. You can find even more video podcasts on our YouTube channel! Head to our playlist by clicking here!
Order of Battle Podcast special episode Operation Recall - Clanker and Tank A sat down with concept creator Bobby, 12yo, to discuss their concept designs. As you know, A did SHHHH, a ninja with a prosthetic (maybe robotic) leg. Bobby came up with Clanker, a survivalist who collects robot parts after battles to repurpose as armor and weapons! Clanker's combat companion is a genetically modified and armored Galapagos Tortoise named Tank. These are the two youngest members of the Operation: Recall family with two fun and inspiring designs. Both have the pleasure of being professionally designed by the legendary Mark Pennington! Bobby's Clanker and Tank do not officially unlock until the funding reaches 240K, so back Operation Recall today! Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3djoes/operation-recall-legendary-creators-back-on-active-duty Website: www.orderofbattlepod.com Email: orderofbattlepod@gmail.com Twitter: @orderofbattlepd Instagram: @orderofbattlepod #gijoe
In this podcast with chat with Scott Thomson who has help discover a number of Australian Freshwater turtles. Scott is a taxonomist and paleontologist and his passion has taken him around the world. He currently resides in Brazil. Scott is a member of the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survial Commission. We talk about the importance of taxonomy for conservation, turtle bum breathing and the recent discovery of a Galapagos Tortoise thought extinct for over 100 years. You can reach Scott at scott.thomson321@gmail.com
Amazing Wildlife spotlights its oldest species at the San Diego Zoo… the Galapagos tortoise! The animal is credited with possibly helping to inspire Darwin's theory of natural selection. Hosts Rick and Ebone explore the connection between the Galapagos tortoise and the famous theory as well as give us facts on its lifespan, size and diet. Later, Rick answers questions from one of our young listeners! If you have a question for Amazing Wildlife you can send them to wildlife@iheartmedia.com for your chance to hear it on the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hop into some homework with our fun quiz all about frogs! It's another episode of Did You Know? Quiz for Kids and we have an interview with our old friend Gareth the Galapagos Tortoise. Listen carefully to Gareth's facts and follow it up with our five frog-themed questions to learn all you can about these amazing amphibians! It's revision remixed and a great activity to help with homework. Make sure to follow and subscribe to grab the next episode! Our free Homework Help area is also packed with facts on lots of different topics. The Amphibians section can be found here. For more songs and lots of educational videos, head to our Twinkl Kids' TV YouTube channel. We've also been busy turning our quiz podcasts into amazing animated videos! Head to our playlist by clicking here!
A lovely meditation by Genevieve Jencson of being an old giant tortoise on a windy island day.
Learn all about plants with our old friend Gareth the Galapagos Tortoise in Did You Know? Quiz for Kids! Gareth has the inside scoop on what plants need to grow - all you need to do is listen carefully to his interview before trying out some trivia questions! It's revision remixed and a great activity to help with homework. Make sure to follow and subscribe to grab the next episode! You can find our Plants Homework Help guide by clicking here! For more songs and lots of educational videos, head to our Twinkl Kids' TV YouTube channel. Our free Homework Help area is also packed with facts on lots of different topics. We've also been busy turning our quiz podcasts into amazing animated videos! Head to our playlist by clicking here!
'Slow down, you move too fast. You've got to make this podcast last,Go and look at the GalapagosTortoise and sloth, they move real slowly.'Two of the slowest animals on the planet are the Galapagos Tortoise and 3-toed-sloth. Today we look to the animals to learn how to slow down and relax in this fast paced world. Learn how, the made famous via Charles Darwin, Galapagos Giant Tortoise, got to the islands, how they survive without food and water when they were stolen and shoved on to boats and how hell do they live so dame long. Like 200 years! Is it their slower pace in life or is it just genetics?As for the three-toed sloth (not the two-toed sloth), they too are slow, even slower than the Galapagos Tortoise. And although sloth is one of the 7 deadly sins the sloth themselves have found a way to make their life worthy of this world. And it has to do with their poop! And Pyralid moths! Scientific NamesGalapagos Tortoise: Chelonoidis spp.Pygmy three-toed sloth: Bradypus pygmaeusManed sloth: Bradypus torquatusPale-throated sloth: Bradypus tridactylusBrown-throated sloth: Bradypus variegatusTo help protect wildlife consider supporting and donating here:https://galapagosconservation.org.uk/https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/slothInstagram @wafpodcasttiktok @wafpodcastEmail: wafpodcastexplicit@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/wafpodcast)
Welcome to Curiosity Taught the Cat, where we're just trying to keep people educated and in the know about the animals we have here on Earth! This week's episode is about the Galapagos Tortoise. We know that there are more than a dozen different Galapagos Tortoise species but there isn't enough information about any one of them to fill an entire episode. Be sure to follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with all things CTtC @CTtcPodcast! Enjoy the episode and let us know what you think! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Today's topic is The Galapagos tortoise. It is the biggest species of tortoise in the world. Listen to find out mind blowing facts about this creature.
Learn about an animal that can go without food or water for over a year!
Join Matt, Bill, Heather, and Stephanie on this week’s episode as they discuss… -What’s New in the World of TDI? – Cool new products, an upcoming show, and our expanded fish section! -The news story of someone attempting to smuggle almost 200 Galapagos Tortoise babies out of the Galapagos Islands -The myth that snakes without rattles rattle their tails to imitate rattlesnakes! -The mysteries and conspiracies about the Suez Canal Incident -And we play a new game of “Spot the Real News Headline”! Song Title & Artist: “Saviors” by Rex Banner
today I talk about the Galapagos tortoise one of my funniest podcast I've done I absolutely love this animal I would love to learn even more about it! #Galapagostortosie
Let's discover what Harriet the tortoise does when the other animals suggest that she is too slow and that she needs to get on the fast track! Connect with us on our other platforms to stay up to date with our latest book readings. If you enjoy My Reading Circle, please subscribe, and give us a 5-star rating! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my_reading_circle/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5XjbE3CylpNUZMZ1HahBvA?view_as=subscriber Anchor: https://anchor.fm/myreadingcircle Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wZzPMugBdPdyqaVgeRei7 Google Podcast: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zMGUxYzU2NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1527906897/my-reading-circle Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/cu1okplz Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/my-reading-circle We appreciate listener support! If you would like to support this podcast, please click this link: https://anchor.fm/myreadingcircle/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myreadingcircle/support
THE LAST OF HIS KIND. Lonesome George lived a life filled with loneliness and fame. He was the last Pinta Island Tortoise known to man. The Galapagos Islands are a fascinating corner of the world where animals thrived for thousands of years (before us humans came along). Lonesome George became a symbol of conservation and perseverance! We dive deep into his life, his species, the history of the Galapagos, as well as how the great people at the American Museum of Natural History were able to immortalize him forever! Email us - animals@danspetcare.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ltaca/support
Rick and Dave discuss Sponge Bob, toilet plumes, a famous tortoise, Rick’s brush with a comedy legend, and they interview “God Friended Us” producer/writer Steve Harper. [Ep183] The post Minutia Men – God Friended Us and a Galapagos Tortoise appeared first on Radio Misfits.
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Looking after the world’s fastest mammal, one of the world’s slowest animals and Africa’s most efficient predator is all in a day’s work for Taronga Western Plains Zoo Keeper Jordie Michelmore. Having joined Taronga Zoo’s ‘Youth at the Zoo’ program (YATZ) at 14 years-old, Jordie’s passion for animals keeps her chasing every opportunity – from relocating to Dubbo to look after Cheetahs, Galapagos Tortoise and African Wild Dog, to working with the Northern Rangelands Trust in Kenya to protect endangered wildlife.
The Galapagos Tortoise has had some troubles, but there is still hope!
Hear about what is in the night sky this month. And then listen to some more 'News on the Fly'.....stories about fossils with cancer, goosebumps & hair growth, DNA fingerprinting of Elephant tusks, the Trump administration enforcement of animal welfare laws, the effect of social media on children, a lost Galapagos Tortoise, Mayan archaeology, blood transfusions from young people, and how the spots on Masai Giraffes are inherited! This show is brought to you by Forward Radio, WFMP, 106.5 FM in Louisville, Kentucky. Go to forwardradio.org for more details! Music ('Blue Danube' by Richard Strauss) provided on public domain by the Philadelphia Orchestra - 1939 - Stowkovski conducting. Bench Talk: The Week in Science | March Astronomy & News on the Fly | March 11 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
This week let’s learn about giant tortoises! What’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? The most basic difference is that the turtle lives in water and the tortoise lives on land. And there are some really, really big tortoises in the world! A Galapagos tortoise: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This episode was supposed to be about strange reptiles, with more awesome suggestions from listeners. I was going to include some information about a couple of giant tortoises…but the more I researched, the longer that part of the episode became, until it just took over. So here’s an episode about giant tortoises, and we’ll have the strange reptiles episode in a couple of weeks instead. I’m going to give a shout-out to listeners Leo and Finn, who have been waiting patiently to hear their suggestions. Sorry you’ll have to wait a little bit longer. The biggest tortoise in the world is the Galapagos Tortoise, which as you probably know, or can guess from the name, lives in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. In fact, the islands were named after the tortoises. Galapago means tortoise in Old Spanish. There are eleven species of Galapagos tortoise alive today, but there used to be 15. The others were mostly eaten to extinction by sailors who would stop by the Galapagos Islands, capture tortoises, and sail away with them to eat later. The biggest individual Galapagos tortoise ever measured was a male named Goliath. When he died in 2002, Goliath was 4.5 feet long, or 1.36 meters, 2 feet three inches high, or 68.5 cm, and weighed 919 pounds, or 417 kg. He was only 42 years old when he died, but Galapagos tortoises frequently live for more than 150 years. Adult tortoises have no predators except humans. They’re just too big, too heavy, too strong, and have too tough a shell for other predators to bother with. The Galapagos tortoise eats plants, including grass, leaves, fruit, and even cacti. Its neck is long, which allows it to reach plants that are farther away, since it can’t exactly climb trees. It can survive up to six months without water, getting most of its moisture from the plants it eats, but some tortoises on more arid islands will lick dew from rocks to get moisture. Some of the boulders have been licked by tortoises so much over the centuries that they have deep grooves worn in the surface from turtle tongues. As I’ve mentioned before in other episodes, sometimes herbivores will eat meat when they can get it. The Galapagos tortoise does this too on occasion. There’s a type of finch on the Galapagos that cleans parasites off the tortoises, and to help the finch reach as much of its skin as possible, the tortoise will stand up straight with its legs extended. The finches hop underneath and clean ticks and other parasites from the tortoise’s legs, neck, and the skin between the carapace, or upper shell, and the plastron, the lower shell. But occasionally a tortoise will suddenly pull its legs into its shell and drop, smashing the finches flat. Then it stands up and eats the squashed birds. This is not cool, tortoise. Those birds are trying to help you. Galapagos tortoises lay round, hard-shelled eggs. The female digs a hole in the dirt that’s about a foot deep, or 30 cm, and lays about a dozen eggs in it. She covers the eggs with dirt, tamps it down with her plastron, and leaves. When the babies hatch, they have to dig their way out of the hole. This can take weeks, but fortunately the babies still have yolk sacs attached that keep them from starving. One of the Galapagos tortoise species that went extinct recently was the Pinta Island tortoise. The last known individual was called Lonesome George. He was found in 1971 on Pinta Island and taken to the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island. Although researchers tried to find more Pinta Island tortoises, even offering $10,000 if someone found a female,
Lonesome George and the Pinta Island giant tortoises. The fate of an entire species rests on the shell of one lonely dude.
This is the second episode of our kid-made podcast "Cool Facts About Animals." This week, we will be discussing the Galapagos Tortoise - a very slow, very heavy, very cool animal. Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/
Thanks so much for joining me for Episode #8 of the Where Else to Go Podcast. We're on an island theme right now, having already covered Marco Island, Florida and Lihue, Hawaii. This week we're off to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands with Cheryl and Lisa of What Boundaries Travel Media. The Galapagos Islands recently made the top of Cheryl and Lisa's favorite travel destination after a recent trip to the islands. Getting so close to the flora and fauna of the islands made them feel like they were taking a step back in time. The animals have no fear of humans so they really had a chance to see them in their real habitat. And they add, "One of the highlights was when we snorkeled with the sea lions - they would always come play with us!" You might think that getting to the Galapagos Islands is too great of a challenge to get to and to see the islands because of the restrictions. However, it's an amazing experience to see the animals up close since they have no fear of humans. You will see some amazing land animals like the land iguana or Galapagos Tortoise, land birds like the Blue Footed Booby, and in the water you will swim with seals and an occasional penguin at the Equator!South There are many options on how to experience the Galapagos. You can fly into one of the main islands like San Cristobal and make it your home base while planning day trips to the various islands, or you can opt to take a luxury tour with a group like Ecoventura where your yacht is the “home base” and you travel between the islands with a stop at a different island every day. It surprisingly easy to get to the islands - there are many flights through Panama or even directly into Ecuador (another beautiful place), then it’s just a quick flight out to the islands. Chery and Lisa started traveling pretty much full time in 2007 after leaving corporate jobs and have since visited 6 continents with sights on Antarctica to hit their goal of all 7. Cheryl and Lisa keep busy traveling and writing for their their three blogs: WhatBoundariesTravel, TheTravelPharmacist, and coming soon, the FloridaSpectator. Their focus is on Gen X and Boomer travel with a goal to provide travel inspiration to their readers. They sum it up simply, "We love to travel and even more, love to share our experiences with others so they feel more comfortable traveling." Take a listen to learn why the Galapagos Island should be on your where else to go list. Then follow Cheryl and Lisa on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Instagram and YouTube. If you've enjoyed this podcast, you can subscribe on iTunes. While you're over there, please take a moment and leave us a rating or review. That helps this very new podcast get discovered by others. See you next week when we we'll be talking about Venice, Italy. [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/whereelsetogo/Episode2023820-20Galapagos20Island.mp3"]
Sam is STILL stuck in the hospital, so in this episode of Coffee with Butterscotch Adam and Seth carry the torch and discuss all kinds of random crap. We talk about the great progress we've made with Crashlands, why Seth would be a Galapagos Tortoise (while Adam would be a female lantern fish), and we answer questions about Chauncy the Rabbit and Butterscotch Merch.
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Kylie Sturgess. Topics covered: Chinese hangover treatment offers hope for alcohol antidote, warmer nests mean smarter lizards, and mantra rays could be at risk of extinction because of non-traditional traditional chinese medicine. The giant Galapagos Tortoise could be brought back from the brink of extinction, a lost collection of fossils collected by Darwin has been found and what you should and shouldn't be critical of with science journalism.