The Aldabra tortoise has a massive dome-shaped shell that acts as protecting armour to the soft, vulnerable body of the Aldabra tortoise beneath

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The Aldabra tortoise additionally has associate implausibly long neck that it uses to tear leaves from the branches above trees. The male Aldabra tortoise grows to a mean size of one.1 meters long, with females being slightly smaller at a length of zero.9 meters. The males, though not extremely that abundant larger, are known to weigh nearly 100kg quite their feminine counterparts. they're slow animals with thick, short legs and spherical, nearly flat feet that facilitate them once they are walking on the sand.

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Amazing info and cool pics, thanks for sharing @a-3. a thumbs up and a resteem from my side for nature. cheers...

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Nc pics upvoted keep steeming.

Very interesting the post @a-3 amazing
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Very wonderful expository, also i would love to know does it feed on leaves alone, where i come from we have some traditional myths of this creature sometimes being a partial cannivore. Nevertheless this was a very wonderful article thanks for sharing.

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