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How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises

How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
October 02, 2017
Jim Juvik

Cape Town, South Africa – Turtle Conservancy Senior Scientist Dr. Jim Juvik took the first steps in a cutting-edge program to deter predators on our Fynbos Preserve this month by deploying a battalion of 3D-printed baby tortoise shells. So far, motion-sensing cameras have captured predators including pied crows, foxes, mongoose, duikers, and even honeybadgers as they attempted to prey upon the mock tortoises. We are now planning experiments to reprogram the predators to avoid baby tortoises as a result of their experiences with bad-tasting decoys.

How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises

Geometric Tortoise Program

In South Africa, the Turtle Conservancy is protecting over 800 acres of the last remaining habitat for this critically endangered tortoise, which we are calling the Geometric Tortoise Preserve

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How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises


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