Chunguu Island (Poison Island)

The British First Minister of Zanzibar, Lloyd Mathews, purchased the island in 1893 and constructed a prison complex there. No prisoners were ever housed on the island and instead it became a quarantine station for yellow fever cases. The station was only occupied for around half of the year and the rest of the time it was a popular holiday destination. More recently, the island has become a government-owned tourist resort and houses a collection of endangered Aldabra giant tortoises which were originally a gift from the British governor of the Seychelles.

코끼리거북

알다브라땅거북 또는 알다브라코끼리거북은 거북목 땅거북과에 속하는 땅거북의 일종으로, 현존하는 거북 중에서도 갈라파고스땅거북과 비슷한 크기를 가지는 대형종이다.

Aldabra giant tortoise

The Aldabra giant tortoise from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world. Historically, giant tortoises were on many of the western Indian Ocean islands, as well as Madagascar, and the fossil record indicates giant tortoises once occurred on every continent and many islands with the exception of Australia and Antarctica.