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Aldabra
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Aldabra [ælˈdæbrə]
n
(Placename) an island group in the Indian Ocean: part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1965-76); now administratively part of the Seychelles
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American military surveyors considered another British possession nearer to Africa, Aldabra Island, but it was ruled out because of the presence of a rare species of turtle.
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The tortoises are actually imported from nearby Aldabra Island and have evolved completely differently, with different DNA, from the other creatures.
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