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Further inland lurch the giant tortoises,... |
Galapagos
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...fabulous mobile, self-sufficient meat lockers for sailors in the not-so-distant past,... |
...now mostly just impressively slow juggernauts, though protein deficient local people are known to enjoy deep-fried tortoise steak if they think they can get away with it.
Galapagos Pictures: visitors in search of monsters; A Land Tortoise in the Darwin Centre having a well-earned nap; Geochelone elephantopus in the Darwin Centre.
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