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Common Name: Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise Scientific Name: Testudo graeca Adult Size: Up to 10 inches long Life ...

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Like many threatened land turtle species, the spur-thighed tortoise had no complete genome. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the spur-thighed tortoise ...

One famous Roman tactic was the testudo - or ‘tortoise’. A formation of 27 soldiers would hold their shields above their heads and out to the front and sides to protect them - like a tortoise ...

Its tactics included the testudo ('tortoise') when the soldiers would place their shields side-by-side and overhead to create a defensive wall, like the shell of a tortoise.