Unfortunately, no. Was surely bigger than Esmeralda, which is said to be over 650 pounds (i personally doubt it, but you never know.)
Here is another huge one, similar in size to @ALDABRAMAN 's males:
Interesting~
Goliath doesn't seem that big. Maybe it's the angle of the photo.
Below is the biggest Aldabra I've ever seen, was still a kid back then. Sadly, this tortoise has since passed away.
The first photo reminds me of a tortoise's shell after it has been dead for a while.
I've seen the 'white' on a live animal but not to that extent.
Not sure what causes it. Fungus, shell 'decomposing'?
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Were all 4 tortoises not provided with water for 2 months?
I think there is no need to worry since it's been only 3 days. Since it ate a lot before not eating it should be ok for a while. They do sometimes go through a period of not eating.
Did you feed the...
Some useful links in the following thread if you've not seen them yet:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/looking-for-calcium-phosphorus-ratio-food-list.46346/#post-447022
We have no experience with Redfoots, only Aldabras.
In our experience, incubators will result in more babies if the eggs are fertile.
It doesn't have to be an expensive incubator. Here (Seychelles), we often incubate the eggs at room temperature and have had much success.
If your area is large...
An old post from 2013:
A recent post:
Just curious, if you don't mind revealing.
Were Sampson & Sandy not producing babies before the year 2000?
If not, do you know what changed and led them to?