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Pet tortoise grows up to 40kg

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-22 11:52

A giant tortoise weighing over 20 kg grazes on the grass, at Jiaji Township, Qionghai City, Hainan Province, May 21, 2009. A local citizen surnamed Huang purchased the African spurred tortoise, or the Geochelone sulcata in Latin, then weighing a quarter kg, and brought it back to breed as a pet 4 years ago. Now it has grown up to over 40 kg. [Xinhua]

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