I think one of the most appealing things about sulcatas for those of us who keep them is their size. They get big. Really big. I'm pretty used to seeing big tortoises. I'd been looking at a really nice group of mature adult Galapagos tortoise earlier in this same day. Yesterday, I learned that I didn't know what a big sulcata really looked like. There were some really big ones. HUGE ones that were bigger than any I'd seen in person...
Now those are all big sulcatas. Bigger than I've seen in person before. But THIS one takes the cake. I think he probably takes whatever he wants.
He wasn't interested in coming up so I could take a decent pic, but this thing was giant. His weight is estimated at 280, but I've lifted 400 pound aldabras before, and this guy was every bit as large as they were if not bigger. People have a tendency to over exaggerate about tortoise size, but I am telling you, this tortoise was as large as any I've seen. I can only think of one 90 year old male Galop that was bigger.
Now those are all big sulcatas. Bigger than I've seen in person before. But THIS one takes the cake. I think he probably takes whatever he wants.
He wasn't interested in coming up so I could take a decent pic, but this thing was giant. His weight is estimated at 280, but I've lifted 400 pound aldabras before, and this guy was every bit as large as they were if not bigger. People have a tendency to over exaggerate about tortoise size, but I am telling you, this tortoise was as large as any I've seen. I can only think of one 90 year old male Galop that was bigger.