These giant tortoises were very large and slow, thus making them easy game.

Why do we need giant tortoises on the planet, anyway?

Some of the shapes were no larger than giant tortoises.

Or so slowly that they might be a giant tortoise."

At the rangers headquarters a number of giant tortoises move about.

The restaurant also keeps several giant tortoises in a pen.

The islands are famous for having many native animals, including giant tortoises.

For this was the end of May, the beginning of giant tortoise season.

This is the key to why animals like Giant Tortoises can live so long.

Giant tortoises formerly inhabited the island but are now extinct.

The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."

In 1936 the Ecuadorian government listed the giant tortoise as a protected species.

Some 20,000 giant tortoises still live on the Galapagos.

Cerf Island is home to the fruit bat and giant tortoises.

A small museum exhibits skeletons of whales and giant tortoises found on the beach.

The island itself is said to rest upon the back of a giant tortoise, another symbol of eternal life.

Some species of the giant tortoise and the Galapagos mouse have disappeared completely.

The giant tortoise has also proliferated, despite the inhospitable nature of the landscape.

The giant tortoise, I noticed, had caught up to its partner and was proceeding to climb on top of it from behind.

Giant tortoises are among the world's longest-living animals, with an average lifespan of 100 years or more.

There is a significant population of giant tortoises that come from the island Aldabra.

The floor of the hall in front has an intricate engraving of a giant tortoise.

Home to a wild herd of giant tortoises.

The archipelago is home to an array of wildlife, including giant tortoises and sea turtles.

He remembers his personal encounters with mountain gorillas, blue whales and giant tortoises.