1/ Tortoise Chersina angulata, can switch from egg laying and nesting to viviparity (internal egg development) when temperatures become high, suggesting an evolutionary advantage against increasing temperatures. https://t.co/Awb1ICGqWT
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RT @HerpSocIreland: Wow! Reptiles continue to amaze! Facultative Vivaparity (live-ish birth) observed tortoise species. 🐢❤
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Just to be clear, this is huge news. Not only a first for turtles, but the first time an animal that lays hard-shelled eggs was found to go down the road of viviparity. https://t.co/1LxD5dmeWu