{"id":2864,"date":"2025-06-18T14:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/giant-galapagos-tortoise-becomes-first-time-dad-at-the-age-of-135\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:05:22","slug":"giant-galapagos-tortoise-becomes-first-time-dad-at-the-age-of-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/giant-galapagos-tortoise-becomes-first-time-dad-at-the-age-of-135\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Galapagos tortoise becomes first-time dad at the age of 135"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-06-18 14:05:20<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A 135\u2011year\u2011old Galapagos tortoise has become a father for the first time.<BR><br \/>\nGoliath, who weighs a whopping 517\u202flb (234\u202fkg), had finally sired a hatchling &#8211; after his partner Sweet\u202fPea laid eight eggs at Zoo Miami in January and one baby emerged on June\u202f4 following a 128-day incubation<BR><br \/>\nThis is the first time a Galapagos tortoise has ever hatched at Zoo Miami &#8211; making it a double milestone. And Goliath is now the oldest male parent in the world. <BR><br \/>\nZoo Miami is seeking recognition from Guinness World Records for both Goliath and Sweet\u202fPea, who, at around 85\u2013100 years old, might be the oldest mum ever. <BR><br \/>\nBorn on Santa Cruz Island in June 1890, Goliath made his way to the US in 1929 (Bronx Zoo) before settling in Miami in 1981 &#8211; becoming the zoo\u2019s oldest resident.<BR><br \/>\nZoo ambassador Ron Magill called Goliath a hero, stating: &#8220;He is living proof that where there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way. He\u2019s an inspiration to never give up hope!&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe new hatchling is thriving, active, and healthy and is also living in its own enclosure.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-06-18 14:05:20 A 135\u2011year\u2011old Galapagos tortoise has become a father for the first time. Goliath, who weighs a whopping 517\u202flb (234\u202fkg), had finally sired a hatchling &#8211; after his partner&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2866,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions\/2866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}