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This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding Jan. 2025 because of Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows flooding responsible for the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows flooding responsible for the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows an endangered tortoise that was washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows an endangered tortoise that was washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. (Lavavolo Tortoise Center via AP)