Otto piccole testuggini africane sul guscio della madre nel Parco animali di Nyiregyhaza, Ungheria

Eight four-day old African spurred tortoises, Geochelone sulcata, that have been place on the back of their mother in their enclosure in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, 226 km east of Budapest, Hungary, 27 September 2011. This was the first time that offspring of an African spurred tortoise were born in this zoo. The eight babies hatched after 115 days, they are 5.5 cms long and weigh 25 grams. Spurred tortoise is the largest species of land tortoises in Africa, the weight of an adult animal may reach 80 kgs. (Epa/Attila Balazs)