The rare Pancake Tortoise is endemic to granite outcrops in East Africa. Their flexible carapace enables they to squeeze into crevasses in the rocks


The rare Pancake Tortoise is endemic to granite outcrops in East Africa. Their flexible carapace enables they to squeeze into crevasses in the rock to shelter from predators


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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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