Cute and adorable sulcata turtle eating vegetables at night

The Sulcata tortoise is the third largest land tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and the Aldabra of course. Because of its size, a small child can ride its carapace like a piggyback. Its body size is only about 5 cm when it hatches from the egg. But they grow and develop, until over time, the length of the carapace can reach almost 1 meter when they mature. A large body, must be balanced also with increased weight as well. Not to mention, the Sulcata tortoise has a hard, thick, and strong shell, so of course it must have an impact on increasing body weight. Sulcata tortoises can weigh up to 105 kg as adults. But in some other sources say they only weigh about 50 kg. This is of course very relative, because each individual will have a varying weight. In its first years, the Sulcata tortoise experienced very rapid and significant growth. Generally, the growth is about 1 cm per month.