Topics and personalities from the animal world discussed by CHARLES COLES and JOHN PALING
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Tortoises—great.....
How long do they live? Why are giant tortoises found only on oceanic islands? How did they get there? ROGER GAYMER of Bristol University, who has studied these in the Seychelles, talks to John Paling.
.... and small:
About a quarter of a million tortoises are imported each year to be sold as pets. Few survive their first winter. Should this trade in wild animals be stopped?
Produced by John Sparks
