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Fantastic giant tortoise, thought to be extinct in 1906, confirmed alive on a Galápagos island

DNA shows that the tortoise is really phantasticus.

photo of Fernanda, the only known living Fernandina giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, or “fantastic giant tortoise”)
Fernanda, the only known living Fernandina giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, or “fantastic giant tortoise”). Credit: Courtesy of the Galápagos Conservancy