The field life exceeds 100 years. Harry, an elephant turtle, died of heart failure in the Australian Zoo on June 23rd, 2006. She was estimated to be about 175 years old. Before her death, she was the oldest tortoise in the world.

1, morphological characteristics:

Galapagos tortoise is the largest tortoise in existence. Body length1.2m, the adult elephant turtle male is larger than the female, and the adult male weighs about 272-320kg, while the female136-180kg. Life expectancy can reach 200 years. Big head and long neck.

Central protuberance of dorsal nail, 5 pieces of vertebral shield; 4 ribs on each side; There are 9 pieces on each side of the marginal shield, and the front and rear edges are slightly serrated and slightly upturned; Cervical shield 1 piece; Hip shield is single and large. The limbs are thick and columnar. The carapace, limbs and head and tail are yellowish to bluish black, and some individuals have irregular black spots on the vertebral shield and rib shield, and their skin is loose and wrinkled.

2, life habits:

Galapagos elephant turtle is a temperature-changing animal (cold-blooded animal). Therefore, to absorb the heat of the sun after dawn, it takes 1-2 hours a day, and it takes 8-9 hours a day to forage. Most of them move and walk in the early morning and rest in the evening. It is observed that the walking speed of this species is 0.3 kilometers per hour.

3. Habitat:

Galapagos tortoise with a shell structure on horseback lives in the arid environment where tall vegetation grows, such as cactus and cactus in Galapagos Islands.

Larger Galapagos tortoises can better adapt to high altitude areas, because they can resist slightly cooler climate and foggy climate. Generally live in large and humid islands and low altitude areas.