Galapagos Tortoise

figurine is 4" x 2" x 2.5"

not for children under 3

Galapagos Tortoise facts!

• The Giant Galapagos Tortoise is the world’s biggest tortoise species. A full-grown tortoise can be more than 5 feet long and weigh 500 pounds or more. The largest recorded Galapagos Tortoise was nearly 6 feet long and weighed 919 pounds.

• Giant Galapagos Tortoises also have one of the longest life spans of all known vertebrates. The average life span is over 100 years, and there have been several tortoises that have lived to be over 150 years old. The oldest known tortoise was 176!

• A tortoise’s shell is actually a part of its skeleton and cannot be removed. The shell grows along with the tortoise and isn’t fully developed until the tortoise is 20-25 years old.