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    Desert Tortoise Headstart program makes first release [Image 1 of 6]

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    A small juvenile tortoise is being held in the cupped, gloved hands of a person wearing white latex or nitrile gloves. The tortoise displays a well-defined scute pattern on its brown and tan shell, suggesting it is a young desert or land tortoise species. The setting appears to be outdoors with a blurred water or reflective surface visible in the background.

    TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    09.30.2015

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    Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

    A 3-year-old desert tortoise rests in a visitor's gloved hands Sept. 30, 2015, at the Combat Center's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The young tortoise, which is about the size of a deck of cards, is years from being released. Since mid-September, biologists have released 35 tortoises that have lived at the head-start facility since hatching there in 2006. (Official USMC photo by Kelly O'Sullivan/Released)

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    Date Taken: 09.30.2015
    Date Posted: 10.01.2015 15:28
    Photo ID: 2205762
    VIRIN: 150930-M-ZZ999-263
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 5.85 MB
    Location: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US

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