Staten Island Zoo in New York welcomed the Dome Shelled Tortoises from the Galapagos Islands.
The zoo revealed the arrival via its Twitter account @StatenIslandZoo by sharing a beautiful picture of this peculiar species.
@NYCParks Imagine a @NYURedtailHawks / @StatenIslandZoo tortoise side-by-side live stream! WITNESS THE MOST AND LEAST ACTIVE ANIMALS EVER.
— NYUCommunityAffairs (@NYUinNYC) marzo 27, 2014
The Staten Island Zoo is one of the most active on social media as it shares pictures to keep its followers updated about its activities on a daily basis.
On March 26, the zoo posted on its Instagram account the picture of the first ostrich egg, which was compared to a penny and eggs of other sizes.
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