Meet the little-known African tortoise with a hatchback for a shell

Evolution thought of everything long before we did. Take the case of the forest hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa) found in the Congo Basin, as well as parts of West Africa and all the way east to Lake Victoria. The forest hinge-back and other tortoises in the genus Kinixys all have a strange attribute resembling a hatchback on a … Continue reading Meet the little-known African tortoise with a hatchback for a shell