PREVIEW

One of London Zoo's Galapagos tortoises, Priscilla, makes her UEFA European Football Champions prediction, ahead of Sunday's England v Slovakia game.

After a long wait for the zoo’s slow-mover to make her decision, Slovakia was chosen as the tortoise’s “predicted” winner of Sunday 30 June’s match. Priscilla, identifiable by a red dot on her shell, after a brief moment of indecisiveness, made her way to the Slovakian flag and her favourite food: a handful of leafy twigs.

The Galapagos tortoises are a species classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Historically threatened by hunting, tortoises on the island are currently threatened by domestic animals brought by passing ships, tourism, and disease. ZSL and other organisations contribute to the conservation of these animals, by running field projects in the Galapagos Islands, and finding out about disease threats to Galapagos flora and fauna.

Visitors can see Priscilla and her fellow tortoises at London Zoo’s Giants of the Galapagos all summer. More information can be found at www.londonzoo.org/whats-here/habitats/giants-galapagos