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How big can tortoises get?

The largest of the land turtles are elephant (or giant, gigantic) turtles (Geo-chelone elephantopus, or Testudo gigantea), preserved only on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and on the Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean.

Not so long ago, the mass of such turtles reached 400 kilograms, the shell length was 2 meters (reptiles grow throughout their lives, and the life expectancy of these giants is estimated at 100-150 and even 300 years).

In past centuries, these huge herbivorous turtles were mercilessly destroyed by sailors who filled the holds of their ships with live "canned meat", which did not even have to be fed, because, like all reptiles, they can do without food for a long time.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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