Two tortoises on the "100 most endangered species list"

[Mgridgaway]

Thought this was interesting:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/11/100-most-endangered-species-planet?newsfeed=true

I knew about the ploughshare tortoise, but this is actually the first time I've heard about a geometric tortoise.

 

[l0velesly]

The geometric tortoise looks like a mix of a star and radiated tortoise

 

[Blessed3x]

My goodness are they beautiful, here I found a bunch of pictures.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Plou...9L8foigKO-IGIDw&ved=0CDYQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=709

 

[ALDABRAMAN]