It takes 15 years of care before a baby Radiated Tortoise is ready for life in the wild, similar to raising a human child.
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TRANSCRIPT
For tortoises it takes a long ti that they will be able to be re Sometimes we need up to 15 years 15 years is a long time to wait.
But it is the safest size for th on their own again.
These are baby radiated tortoise They just hatched recently.
We will make sure that they grow and they can be back to the wild once they are strong enough.
