Female tortoises are bearing the brunt of the brutal behaviour of their male counterparts, who are regularly pushing them off cliffs in North Macedonia.
Self-destructive behaviour among Hermann’s tortoises on a Macedonian island is leading to ‘demographic suicide’
Xavier Bonnet, Directeur de Recherche CNRS à l'UMR 7372 en biologie et écologie des reptiles, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; La Rochelle Université