Ploughshares Tortoise


Ploughshare Tortoise 
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The Ploughshare Tortoise is considered critically endangered and they are also the rarest tortoise in the world. There are many conservation acts that are trying to bring their population back to a save number. 
  1. They usually are 40 cm long
  2. Males are on average 10 kg and females are about 8.8 kg
  3. The bush pigs prey on their eggs and their young ones
  4. They have Slow reproduction cycle
  5. They Eat herbs and shrubs (plant/grass)
  6. Uncontrolled fires burned their habitat
  7. Found in northwestern Madagascar 
  8. The hard outer shell is to protect them
  9. About 600 left in wild
  10. They are the rarest tortoise in the world 
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