If you remember the eighties, you probably remember the Bangles and their hit song, “Walk Like An Egyptian.”
It’s a catchy tune that you just can’t help humming once it’s in your head, but I would bet good money that you’ve never seen it like this before!
In fact, I doubt that most people have heard any songs like this before — that is to say, accompanied by the adorable faces of tiny, two-week old tortoises! And if that’s an experience that’s been missing from your life, here’s the moment to give it a whirl!
These little guys are baby Egyptian Tortoises (hence the song choice) and they are residents of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Like the baby aye-aye recently born at the San Diego Zoo, these little guys are critically endangered and need all the help that they can get!
Also called Kleinmann’s tortoise, they are one of the smallest tortoises species in the world. Like the black rhino, they are critically endangered due to the disappearance of their habitat, which tends to be in sandy coastal parts of North Africa.
These adorable cuties aren’t much bigger than a thumbnail at infancy, and grow to roughly the size of an adult man’s hand. That’s part of the reason that they’re so vulnerable to environmental changes. Check out the little guys in action below.
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