Comments on: Seven Skinks Have Hatched At Chester Zoo https://bernews.com/2017/09/seven-skinks-have-hatched-at-chester-zoo/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: David https://bernews.com/2017/09/seven-skinks-have-hatched-at-chester-zoo/#comment-3482176 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:25:46 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=681323#comment-3482176 Fantastic news! Kudos to all those involved. Would be great to see them make a comeback here like the Cahow and turtles. Amazing looking creature too- great pics!

]]> By: Toodle-oo https://bernews.com/2017/09/seven-skinks-have-hatched-at-chester-zoo/#comment-3482168 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:20:49 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=681323#comment-3482168 Very cool story . I’ve been around a long time , even before the concretizing of Bermuda took hold in the 80′s and I’ve only ever seen one Bermuda skink in the wild .

The reasonable question is , if we could re-introduce new ones , bred overseas or here , would putting them back in the wild really help in increasing their numbers in the long run ?

After all , the reason there’s so few of them left is because their natural habitat has been built over or filled with litter that kills them or introduced predators that aren’t going to go away will continue to eat them .

]]> By: sage https://bernews.com/2017/09/seven-skinks-have-hatched-at-chester-zoo/#comment-3482101 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:25:25 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=681323#comment-3482101 They are foreigners now. We successfully bred the first Galapagos tortoises here years ago, could we not breed them here for re-introduction too?

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