qT=1&tQ=The only surviving giant tortoises live…&tC=on the Seychelles and Galapagos Islands.|in Indonesia and Madagascar.|in Greenland and Iceland.|beneath the blushing, sun-set skies of Maui and Honolulu.&cC=1&fB=The only surviving giant tortoises live on the Seychelles and Galapagos Islands. Giant tortoises were once found on all of the islands in the western Indian Ocean until colonists arrived on Mauritius in the 1600s. Just as the colonists wreaked havoc on Mauritius’ Dodo bird population, Giant tortoises were widely hunted.<br><br>One species, the Seychelle Giant Tortoise, was believed to have become extinct 120 years ago, until 40 of the tortoises were recently discovered in the wild.