Tortugas
It's not everyday you get to hang out with 250 year-old turtles. We went to a turtle park our first day in the Galapagos and these huge land turtles were everyplace. What's wild is that some of them are older than America.
Darwin may have seen these same turtles during his exploration of the islands. He credited evolution. I credit God's infinite creativity. How can a creature that slow survive that long?
By the way, turtles hiss. They didn't like it when we got too close, but when you're that slow there isn't much you can do about it except hiss.
FYI. Pirates and sailors used to take turtles on their voyages for food because they could just lay them down on their shells and the turtles for would survive for months on end and provide fresh meat whenever they needed the food. Poor turtles. I now have this mental image of helpless turtles on their back trying to turn over.
Darwin may have seen these same turtles during his exploration of the islands. He credited evolution. I credit God's infinite creativity. How can a creature that slow survive that long?
By the way, turtles hiss. They didn't like it when we got too close, but when you're that slow there isn't much you can do about it except hiss.
FYI. Pirates and sailors used to take turtles on their voyages for food because they could just lay them down on their shells and the turtles for would survive for months on end and provide fresh meat whenever they needed the food. Poor turtles. I now have this mental image of helpless turtles on their back trying to turn over.
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