This newborn Galapagos tortoise looks tiny as it stands next to its massive mum - who is a staggering 3,000 times bigger. The hatchling weighed just 87 grams when it was born and wi take 30 years to get to the same size as its mother, who is a massive 256 kilograms.Keepers wi not know if it is male or female for several years so have given it the unisex name NJ. The tortoise - who is barely the size of its mums foot - can expect to live to 150 years. . .Pictured: newborn Galapagos tortoise. Solent News / Splash News/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: spnphotosthree675023
I love animals. Sometimes even more than humans. A great shot of any animal always warms my heart and puts a smile on my face. And let’s be honest, nothing is cuter than the baby version of an animal. Golden retrievers are beautiful dogs, but their little butterball puppies, even more adorable. A chicken isn’t exactly what you would describe as handsome creature, but who doesn’t want to cuddle a chick in the palm of their hand? Well, the same can all be said of baby turtles.
Turtles are cool animals. They have taught us important lessons like that slow and steady wins the race (however I read somewhere that some land turtles can outrun humans, so that Aesop’s Fable may have been a little inaccurate). But baby turtles are some of the cutest things I have ever seen. They are the tiniest fraction in size of their parents, and the way their tiny little eyes observe life, just makes me want to march to the pet store right now and buy one.
I’ll stop gushing now, but you can go ahead and let these images (and more we have back at Newscom) put a smile on your face.
A bright horizon heralds a new lease of life in the sea for these freshly hatched turtles being released to sea by the Turtle Conservation Project in Kosgoda, 70 km south of Colombo, Sunday 05 June 2005. A voluntary bio-diversity conservation group, the Turtle Conservation Project removes and sometimes buy back turtle eggs removed by people to be consumed as a delicacy and hatch them in strips of beach protected by them. Once hatched the baby turtles are released to their natural elements to prevent the extinction of the threatened species. M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA/EPA/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: epaphotosthree080872
A baby sulcata turtle cracks its eggshell in Servion near Lausanne May 31, 2008. Some 18 eggs from a female turtle of the Vivarium of Lausanne have been placed in an incubator and so far 14 babies are born. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrltwo886633
Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, hatchling crawling along the ground. SE USA, Controlled situation. Joe & Mary Ann McDonald / DanitaDelimont.com "Danita Delimont Photography"/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: ddpphotos293112
A baby olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacae) makes its way to the water at San Diego Beach, 40km south of San Salvador, on November 20,2010. More than 1,000 baby turtles were freed into the sea by villagers who work for the conservation of the sea turtle on the Salvadorean coast.. JOSE CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivethree636655
This newborn Galapagos tortoise looks tiny as it stands next to its massive mum - who is a staggering 3,000 times bigger. The hatchling weighed just 87 grams when it was born and wi take 30 years to get to the same size as its mother, who is a massive 256 kilograms.Keepers wi not know if it is male or female for several years so have given it the unisex name NJ. The tortoise - who is barely the size of its mums foot - can expect to live to 150 years. . .Pictured: newborn Galapagos tortoise. Solent News / Splash News/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: spnphotosthree675025
A three-inch long baby green sea turtle dives down after taking a breath in its aquarium at Sea World in San Diego, July 2, 2003. For the first time in Sea World San Diego's 39-year history aquarists have successfully incubated and hatched green sea turtles. Six of the surviving 21 hatchlings born less than a month ago are on display to the public at the Park. The turtles are an endangered/threatened species world wide, can grow to weight up to 150kg and enjoy a life span of up to 80 years. MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlive508580
A baby turtle crawls toward the sea sea after being released by residents of Ostional Beach in Santa Cruz, 350 miles north of the Costa Rican capital San Jose, October 23, 2003. More than 5 million turtles hatched this week and it is believed they imprint their release location to return to lay their own eggs in the future. Only ten percent are expected to survive to become adults. JUAN CARLOS ULATE/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlive556311
A baby olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacae) makes its way to the water at San Diego Beach, 40km south of San Salvador, on November 20,2010. More than 1,000 baby turtles were freed into the sea by villagers who work for the conservation of the sea turtle on the Salvadorean coast. JOSE CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivethree636652
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BABY TURTLES! i literally squeaked when i saw the baby galapagos…. it is my wallpaper now!!
i LOVE LOVE LOVE reptiles and i have several, but turtles/tortoises are DEFINATELY the cutest.