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An endangered tortoise had a geriatric miracle birth — Sarah did it first

JL;DR SUMMARY Mommy, a Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo, has amazed zookeepers by becoming a first-time mother in her tenth decade, drawing a parallel with the biblical matriarch Sarah, who also experienced a miraculous late-age pregnancy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionMidrashAbrahamEndangered SpeciesSarahMiraculous BirthLate PregnancyGalapagos TortoisePhiladelphia Zoo

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, and her partner, Abrazzo, became first-time parents in their 10th decade, recently birthing four hatchlings in an apparent record for the species."
Israel
"...and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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