Feast your eyes upon this all black Galapagos tortoise hatching at the Three Jays Tortoise Sanctuary in Florida.


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Megan De Angelis visited the sanctuary and posted videos of the adorable critter on Instagram.

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Here’s the full video of the winking galapagos tortoise hatchling 🖤 Comment if you can spot his egg tooth! 🐢 . . (The reason he has 2 scutes with green paint on his carapace, aka top shell, is to indicate what clutch this baby came from/identification) . . . #turtlelover #tortoisesofinstagram #instagood #videooftheday #tortoise #babyturtle #babyanimals #cuteanimals #cutenessoverload

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Megan says the green paint on his carapace (top shell) is to indicate what clutch this baby came from.

According to her, this species is an endangered Galapagos tortoise, one of many the sanctuary has bred for conservation purposes.

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When you cute but you shy on #turtletuesday . . . Always grateful to @jason3jsabels and Three Jays Tortoise Sanctuary for letting me visit and spend time with these little babes 🖤 this species is an endangered Galapagos tortoise, one of many he has bred for conservation purposes. Check out his page and mine to see more! . . . . . . . #endangered #earthguardians #tortoise #tortoisesofinstagram #galapagostortoise #galapagos #babyanimal #babytortoise

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Firefighter Ryan Coleman regularly puts his life on the line to protect people and pets from dangerous fires. As he raced to extinguish one particularly deadly wildfire, a grateful local wasn’t shy about getting up close to say ‘thanks.’

Colman was just going about his job when a gray cat suddenly emerged from the ashes. He tried to get on with his work, but the understandably frightened feline was clearly in need of some human attention.

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After it became clear the feline wasn’t going to leave, Colman hoisted the cat up on his shoulder, where s/he happily sat for the rest of the day while he worked. Its anyone’s guess the last time this cat saw his or her family — or what else it’s been through.

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Meanwhile, this heartwarming video, which you can watch below, has understandably caused the Internet to basically break in two. Thank you, Captain Coleman, for all of your brave rescue efforts!


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