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Washington Tapia, member of Galapagos Conservancy, transports a specimen of the giant Galapagos tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus, thought to have gone extinct about a century ago, to the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, on February 19, 2019. - The adult female was found earlier in the day during an expedition in Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos, Ecuadorean Environment Minister Marcelo Mata announcement on Tuesday. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo credit should read RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Washington Tapia, member of Galapagos Conservancy, transports a specimen of the giant Galapagos tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus, thought to have gone extinct about a century ago, to the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, on February 19, 2019. - The adult female was found earlier in the day during an expedition in Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos, Ecuadorean Environment Minister Marcelo Mata announcement on Tuesday. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)