'Vegetarian' giant tortoise caught on camera hunting and eating bird

Name: 'Vegetarian' giant tortoise caught on camera hunting and eating bird
Uploaded: 2021-08-24T10:41:47Z
Duration: PT1M1.248S
Description: Its lumbering frame may not make it the most adept hunter, but a giant tortoise has been caught on camera attacking and eating a tern chick. The tortoise was previously thought to be vegetarian. This is the first documented case of deliberate hunting in any wild tortoise species, experts say.

Its lumbering frame may not make it the most adept hunter, but a giant tortoise has been caught on camera attacking and eating a tern chick. The tortoise was previously thought to be vegetarian. This is the first documented case of deliberate hunting in any wild tortoise species, experts say.