• Question: Why are tortoises so slow?

    Asked by sasha :] to Sha, Olivia, Marco, Amanda, Alex on 7 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by bubbles.
    • Photo: Alex Evans

      Alex Evans answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      Tortoises are slow because they don’t need to get anywhere fast!

      Because of their thick shell, they don’t need to escape predators – and because they only eat plants, they don’t need to be fast to hunt down their prey.

      Basically, tortoises have adapted to survive in ways that don’t require speed, so it would be a waste of energy to hurry around!

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