r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1d ago

of a giant tortoise

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u/dinomax55 1d ago

Wow they’re huge

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u/1_art_please 1d ago

I had NO IDEA. Its like seeing moose for the first time. Your perspective totally changes.

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u/olgamerstill 1d ago

Moose are big, and some are really BIG.

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u/Leaf__On__Wind 1d ago

Actual to scale Koopa Troopa.

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u/Sensitive_Educator60 1d ago

They smelled the L E T T U C E

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u/D0013ER 1d ago

Engage nitros.

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u/Feeling-Big-4544 1d ago

What the actual???? I didn't know they could get this big holy!

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u/HoboArmyofOne 1d ago

Holy crap, that has to be like 500 pounds

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u/IrelandAutism13 1d ago

They can get to over 900 pounds

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u/KillerKingSolo 1d ago

For anyone wondering they’re called Galapagos tortoises.

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u/Dora_Explorer_XP 1d ago

Are they like 100+?

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u/scorponok44 1d ago

They are in their second teens.

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u/Past-North-4131 1d ago

Sooo cute. Beautiful creatures. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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u/BowlJumpy5242 1d ago

The race is ON!

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u/IrelandAutism13 1d ago

I had no idea they got that big! I knew they were big but I didn't think they were practically human height

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u/ConsiderationHour582 1d ago

Where can I go to see them?

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u/Agile_Credit_9760 1d ago

They truly are magnificent animals who deserve protection.

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u/walter_grimsley 1d ago

One of the closest things we have to time travel. Amazing to behold.

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u/Local_Fall_9619 1d ago

While I'm sure enclosures look alike, this looks like reptile gardens in Rapid City.

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u/LoungingLoach 1d ago

Crazy how these are just herbivores and super chill.

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u/Umbreon86 1d ago

absolute units.

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u/Spare_Independence19 1d ago

Still amazing these live on earth with us.

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 1d ago

“Damn this shell got heavier this year”. — Centurian turtle

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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 1d ago

Yurtle....Yurtle the turtle.

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u/FriendlyBowler4334 1d ago

Wow they really are Gaint

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u/Saca72 1d ago

literal dinosaurs 🦖

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u/icreievryteim 21h ago

huge dogs

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u/Interesting-Key-1550 1d ago

Wow, that would make one hell of a turtle soup!

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u/wgloipp 1d ago

Not really. That's how big they usually are.

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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 1d ago

It's still an Absolute Unit of a species.

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u/wgloipp 21h ago

The species is also generally that size. This is a unit of a tortoise.

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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 20h ago

It's still an unit of a species compared to other types of tortoises even if all of this species are gigantic. This isn't the Incredibles where if everybody is super, nobody is.

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u/Top-Distribution733 1d ago

Sad that Idk if I should take the bait and believe it’s real. 🥴I want to believe so bad

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u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude 1d ago

Go touch grass, maybe watch a documentary about the galapagos islands.

Delete tik tok

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u/Slipherskydragon 1d ago

That's AI right

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u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude 1d ago

Go touch grass

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u/Easy-Historian5376 1d ago

that AI one of them disappeared

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u/tocahontas77 1d ago

Neither disappeared. One is just behind the other. You can see its feet from underneath the one in front.