So let’s say I had aqcuired a young tortoise, and wanted it to eventually be fast. Could I strap a weight on a rope to its shell and gradually increase the weight a few grams every week or month until I have the fastest tortoise in the world?
Tortoises are fast. Though most of the time they just have no reason to and conserve energy because they are cold blooded.
Also, those fuckers can climb! You got no idea how many times we had to pick up one of my mothers tortoises from neighbours because they found another way to sneak out of the enclosure we build outside.
Sure you’re not thinking of turtles? I’ve seen them haul ass, but never a tortoise.
If you’re mother has them, I’m sure you said what you meant, but still, never seen one scoot booty.
Yes, turtles are probably faster (especially in water), but I’m talking about Hermanns’s tortoise.
The turtle would get stronger, but strength wouldn’t necessarily have to translate to speed. It might go the same speed, just more easily 🤷♂️
Gotta tune your turtle for more horsepower, not more torque.
If you have more torque and the same rpm, you get more horsepower as result.
Exactly, instead of making it pull weights, make it run after a salad or something and gradually increase speed/distance.
Maybe a strawberry on a fishing pole strapped in front of it too then?
Do non-human animals get more physically fit from working out?
Not sure about reptiles but mammals for sure.
As long as they have the food/nutrition for it, sure - it’s all just muscles 🤷♂️
just get you a snapping turtle. they haul ass!
People use fingerboards to give their turtles the Zoomies.
I heard someone call this “turtle overclocking” lol
I needed this after reading real news. Thank you.
This gives me ideas…
It’s like he’s swimming!
It would be stronger but I doubt that would correlate much with speed or endurance. I can squat almost double my bodyweight but my cooper test score is around 2500. A runner with way less leg strenght could easily outperform me.
Tortoises go faster the hotter they are; comes from having a cold blooded metabolism. So to make it faster, acclimate it to hotter environments as well as putting it on a muscle building regime.
Asking the real questions
You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.
But, probably not.
Reptiles don’t pile on mass the way mammals do. The greatest limitation to tortoise speed isn’t muscle anyway. It’s bone structure and metabolism.
Strapping weight ain’t gonna get mr tarpin swole, he just gonna be tired.
You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Get it a Terrapin Stationary Bicycle for endurance training.
Just a healthy diet of jerry and the boys will do…turtle will be trucking right along
