A male desert tortoise is released from the Marine Combat Center Desert Tortoise Headstart Program September 30, 2015 in Twenty Nine Palms, California. The tortoise was one of 35 released from the captive breeding program to help restore the threatened species.

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A male desert tortoise is released from the Marine Combat Center Desert Tortoise Headstart Program September 30, 2015 in Twenty Nine Palms, California. The tortoise was one of 35 released from the captive breeding program to help restore the threatened species.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Twenty Nine Palms, California
Photo credit: © US Marines Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, breeding, california, captive, close-, day, desert, horizontal, mojave, natural, nature, outback, outdoors, release, released, research, tortoises, turtle, usa