New York Post

‘Horrifying’ video captures vegetarian tortoise eating baby bird for first time

A Seychelles giant tortoise apparently defied its historically plant-based diet when it was spotted snacking on a baby bird — a “horrifying” moment, scientists said. Ecological researchers at the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Giant Tortoise Stuns Scientists by Eating a Baby Bird

The giant tortoise clumsily stalked and ate a lesser noddy tern chick, raising questions about their herbivorous diet. kachi via Pixabay A recent event has scientists wondering if giant tortoises are ...
Wired

So Hey, Here’s a Tortoise Hunting and Eating a Baby Bird

Not to ruin cute herbivores for you, but it turns out the Aldabra giant tortoise knows how to hunt. Scientists just published the first video evidence of a giant tortoise hunting, killing, and eating ...
abc7NY

Tortoise seen attacking, eating baby bird for first time in the wild in 'horrifying' incident: VIDEO

Researchers have captured the moment when a lifelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat -- and what made it all the more "horrifying" was that it was a tortoise. Scientists captured the moment on video ...
CNET

'Horrifying': Giant tortoise filmed hunting down and eating baby bird

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Giant ...
WGHP

Giant tortoise filmed ‘deliberately’ hunting, eating a baby bird in first documented video of its kind

(NEXSTAR) – Video of a giant tortoise hunting down and eating a baby bird is leaving biologists a little shell-shocked. What’s happening today? Get your daily news wrap-up with the FOX8 newsletter.