Aldabra

But today you would look toward a place called Aldabra.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

On a tiny coral island called Aldabra, in the Indian Ocean, lives a species of giant tortoise less famous though no less imposing than the Galápagos tortoises.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

In the case of Aldabra, that isolation is extreme.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

But today you would look toward a place called Aldabra.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

In the case of Aldabra, that isolation is extreme.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

On a tiny coral island called Aldabra, in the Indian Ocean, lives a species of giant tortoise less famous though no less imposing than the Galápagos tortoises.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

This third group was scattered across seven hundred miles of oceanic wilderness, from the granitic Seychelles southwestward, beyond Farquhar, beyond Cosmoledo, to the tiny coral atoll known as Aldabra.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

This third group was scattered across seven hundred miles of oceanic wilderness, from the granitic Seychelles southwestward, beyond Farquhar, beyond Cosmoledo, to the tiny coral atoll known as Aldabra.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

With all the sympathy they could muster, the boys asked if we could replace Jean-Pierre with an Aldabra tortoise.

Ned Goldreyer: Slick Trick 2010

With all the sympathy they could muster, the boys asked if we could replace Jean-Pierre with an Aldabra tortoise.

Ned Goldreyer: Slick Trick 2010