Where to Buy: Visit your local nursery for a selection of elephantâs ears to transplant into your garden. You can also check out Tony Aventâs Plant Delights Nursery (plantdelights.com) in Raleigh, North Carolina, for a big assortment of elephantâs ears.
The Galapagos tortoise is the largest living tortoise. It can weigh over 500 pounds and measure 6 feet from head to tail. It is a very slow-moving animal, moving only 0.16 miles per hour.The Galapagos tortoise has a very large shell made of bone. The shell can be domed, saddle-backed, or somewhere inbetween.t can weigh over 500 pounds and measure 6 feet from head to tail. It is a very slow-moving animal, moving only 0.16 miles per hour. The Galapagos tortoise has a very large shell made of bone. The shell can be domed, saddle-backed, or somewhere inbetween.
Famous tortoises. In 1933, an adult tortoise was brought from Isabela Island and weighed a respectable 475 pounds (215 kilograms). Named Speed at the time, he is still at the Zoo and is still our largest tortoise.The original tortoises sent to the San Diego Zoo (yes, 10 of them are still with us!) are well over 100 years old today.amous tortoises. In 1933, an adult tortoise was brought from Isabela Island and weighed a respectable 475 pounds (215 kilograms). Named Speed at the time, he is still at the Zoo and is still our largest tortoise.