Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño, Houston’s Tortoise Hatchlings, Were Years in the Making
The three eggs Mrs. Pickles, a 53-year-old radiated tortoise, laid at the Houston Zoo may have been a surprise. But they were far from accidental. A zoo keeper noticed Mrs. Pickles digging in the ground at closing time one day in October, a sign the critically endangered reptile was about to lay…
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