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Guys they reintroduced Galapagos tortoises to espanola island and they’ve essentially terraformed their environment, knocking over invasive plants so that endangered albatrosses (who need space to take off using the ground as a runway) have returned and established nests!

Galapagos giant tortoises are restoring their own ecosystem
A decades-long project to reintroduce Galapagos giant tortoises is changing the face of the island of Española.
Popular Science

https://www.popsci.com/environment/galapagos-giant-tortoises-ecosystem-conservation/

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'you know what? fuck your plant *rebuilds albatross runways*'

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