Appearing on the global social network recently, a photo of a giant turtle, larger than a long-distance truck driving on the highway, has caused many surprises for those concerned.
Giant turtle weighing 363 kg was discovered in the Amazon River
It is known that the photo was originally posted on Facebook, then spread to other social sites. According to the description, this is the largest turtle in the world weighing up to 363 kg, 1.5 m tall. It is known that this turtle is 529 years old.
The photo of a giant tortoise over 500 years old is controversial.
In the photo, a giant tortoise is lying on the back of a truck on the highway, making people stare at it. To ensure safety, the front and rear of the truck is escorted by a team of police officers on duty.
The person who posted the photo also confirmed that this giant tortoise was found in the Amazon River not too long ago.
Given the rapid spread of social networks, the giant tortoise of more than 500 years has become a topic of discussion everywhere. In addition to surprising opinions, a number of opposing points of view were also impressed by sharp, scientific arguments and evidence.
What is the truth of the giant tortoise over 500 years old?
For those who are knowledgeable and often interested in turtles, it can be easily realized that the turtle in the image is unlike any other recorded turtle species in the world.
In fact, the largest tortoise species today is only the Galapalos giant tortoise, native to the Galapalos Islands, Ecuador. The Galapalos tortoise belongs to the tortoise family and is one of the 10 heaviest living reptiles in the world. They have an average weight of more than 400 kg with a length of 1.8 m. But the species only reaches 170 years of maximum life. So if you compare it to the giant tortoise in the photo, the shape doesn’t match. The second conflicting factor is the age difference between the Galapalos king tortoise in the wild and the giant tortoise in the photo.
The Galapalos tortoise is the largest tortoise in the world today.
In order to give the most accurate evidence, netizens searched everywhere for information about the background of the photo and found that it is just one of the scenes from the Japanese movie called “Gamera the Brave” (rough translation: Gamera – Brave Turtle). It started filming in 2006. It is known that the movie is one of the series about giant turtles with special powers.
Poster of the movie “Gamera the Brave”.
And this photo is also the one that appeared in an article about the movie “Gamera the Brave”. It is true that the Japanese filmmakers were very inventive in creating such a realistic and vivid scene.