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  • - Now, you may be asking yourself,

  • does Coyote Peterson always have a tiny turtle

  • in his pocket?

  • Well, not always.

  • But today, we're going to talk about the differences

  • between the turtle and the tortoise.

  • Say hello to Buckshot.

  • (adventurous tribal music)

  • (enchanting music)

  • Turtles.

  • Turtles.

  • Turtles.

  • For nearly 200 million years, a reptile

  • we all know as the turtle has inhabited our planet.

  • These cold-blooded ectotherms are protected

  • by a hard bony shell.

  • They breathe air,

  • and eat their food using a beak.

  • Of the 327 known species that exist today,

  • some live in water, while others can be found on land.

  • Since childhood, I have been fascinated

  • by these seemingly slow-moving creatures.

  • Yet to many peoples' surprise,

  • they're actually quite speedy,

  • especially when in the water.

  • But what about the land-dwelling, stumpy-footed,

  • slow-moving reptile that somehow defeated

  • that speedy rabbit?

  • Yes I am talking about the tortoise.

  • And the one question people are always asking.

  • Is a tortoise a turtle or is a turtle a tortoise?

  • Well, there is an answer to that question.

  • And to help us get to the bottom of this timeless mystery,

  • we're going to get the cameras up close

  • to one of the largest species in the world.

  • Okay, I hope everybody out there watching is excited,

  • because right here in this bag,

  • I've got a bunch of vegetables.

  • You guys know the vegetables are good for you, right?

  • - [Mark] Coyote, I don't think anybody's going to get

  • excited about vegetables, man.

  • - Well maybe you're not excited about the vegetables,

  • but you should be excited about who is going

  • to eat these vegetables.

  • You guys ready to see a giant tortoise?

  • - [Mark] How big is this tortoise?

  • You brought a lot, is it going to eat all that?

  • - Oh it's gonna eat all of it.

  • We'll probably run out of food before we're done

  • filming this segment.

  • - [Mark] Really?

  • - If you guys are ready, let's go meet Buckshot.

  • - [Mark] Buckshot, I like that name.

  • - Oh yeah, she's my buddy.

  • (gasps)

  • There you are.

  • - [Mark] Oh my goodness.

  • - Hi Buckshot.

  • This is the Galapagos tortoise,

  • the largest tortoise species in the world.

  • And what we're gonna do today,

  • is feed her her dinner.

  • Buckshot, hey, where are you going?

  • All the food's over here.

  • First bite.

  • Oh, there's a big tortoise poop, did you step in that?

  • - [Man] I may have stepped on the tortoise poop.

  • - [Mike] Did I do it?

  • Oh, I might've done it.

  • Aw, it's on my boot.

  • - [Coyote] Oh man, dude, oh.

  • Mark stepped in the tortoise poop.

  • - [Mark] Oh it's on this foot, too?

  • - [Coyote] Nope.

  • - [Mark] It's just that side.

  • - Okay, Buckshot come this way, away from the poop.

  • Come over here, come on sweetie.

  • - [Mark] Buckshot.

  • - [Coyote] There we go.

  • Now one very distinct thing about tortoises

  • and turtles, is the length of that neck.

  • And she's holding up the entire weight of her body

  • and stretching out her neck.

  • And they would do this in the wild to forage

  • for plants that are higher up.

  • She could pull them down, fruits and berries.

  • - [Mark] Listen to those chompers.

  • - Look at the chomp of that beak.

  • Now I'm trying to pay attention to where your

  • camera's at Mark, but I also have to pay attention

  • to her beak, because you see when she bites out,

  • she bites and lunges her head forward.

  • And I do not want to lose a finger in that beak.

  • Ooh, that's a little close there.

  • We are in south Florida right now.

  • And this is one of the only Galapagos tortoises

  • in captivity here in this area.

  • And we were given the opportunity to film with her.

  • Now she is 25 years old and she weighs 140 pounds.

  • She actually just almost bit my nose right there.

  • No, my nose is not romaine lettuce.

  • And she is an absolute giant.

  • This tortoise weighs just about as much as I do.

  • I weigh 155 pounds, so this creature is absolutely massive.

  • And oh boy, she's about to step on top of my leg.

  • Oh, watch this, this is cool.

  • Watch how high she can bounce up her 140 pound body.

  • You see that?

  • - [Mark] I can't even get it all in the frame, wow.

  • - It's like a brachiosaurus, eating leaves

  • at the top of a tree.

  • Now the Galapagos tortoise is an herbivore,

  • and they get a large percentage of their moisture

  • through the food that they eat.

  • And you can see how juicy,

  • ooh, getting close to my fingers.

  • Okay, we're moving on to the next piece.

  • You can see how juicy a lot of these vegetables are.

  • Oh here's something.

  • Look at this.

  • Oh, look at that.

  • Look at that.

  • Look at that, she's standing on my leg.

  • She is like squishing my ankle.

  • Ha, I never thought I would be feeding a Galapagos tortoise.

  • I hope that one day we can end up on Galapagos Island

  • or one of the islands.

  • Oh that's better.

  • Now she's not actually on my ankle.

  • And feed some of these tortoises in the wild.

  • How about the cucumber?

  • Let's have some cucumber.

  • That is my personal favorite.

  • There you go.

  • - [Mark] You know what you should do,

  • a Lady and the Tramp.

  • - With the cucumber?

  • - [Mark] Put one end in your mouth.

  • - Ready?

  • (romantic music)

  • Oh, she's standing on me, ready?

  • - [Mark] Keep going, one more bite.

  • - It's too close to my nose.

  • - [Mark] No no no, it'll be fine.

  • (vinyl record scratches)

  • (laughing)

  • - It's too close, if she gets my nose.

  • (laughing)

  • - [Mark] Is there any more cucumber in the bag?

  • - Oh jeez.

  • I'm telling you, if I get my finger stuck in that beak,

  • it is gonna be game over.

  • She can easily snip off the tip of my finger.

  • Oow, oow!

  • She crushed my shin.

  • Oh she did, maybe she's after these.

  • At 25 years old, she is only about a fifth of the size.

  • Now at 140 pounds, they can grow to be close

  • to a thousand pounds.

  • - [Mark] Wow.

  • - Imagine something that is five times this size.

  • Look at this, this is me hugging a tortoise.

  • Let me see if I can hear her heartbeat.

  • No, nothing inside of that solid bone carapace.

  • Wow, I am in just such awe of this creature.

  • It is massive, can you believe this?

  • - [Mark] And this is rare.

  • There's not like a Galapagos tortoise

  • in every street corner.

  • - No, many zoos do have Galapagos tortoises,

  • but they're actually really hard to take care of

  • in captivity, so this is a very unique situation for us

  • to be able to get up close with this animal.

  • And like I said, I would love to be

  • on the island of Galapagos someday,

  • filming these creatures in the wild.

  • But we certainly weren't going to pass up

  • the opportunity to get this one up close for the cameras.

  • - [Mark] So, Coyote, I have a question.

  • So we were talking about turtles and tortoises,

  • and I'm a little confused.

  • What separates a tortoise from a turtle?

  • - Great question.

  • Technically all tortoises are turtles,

  • but not all turtles are tortoises.

  • Think about that for a second.

  • Kind of crazy right?

  • A bit of a brain scrambler.

  • Let's look at the body structure of the tortoise,

  • and that's what will help us distinguish this

  • as being separate from a lot of the aquatic turtles

  • that we're used to getting up close to.

  • Alright, you want to do that?

  • - [Mark] Let's do that.

  • - [Coyote] Okay, where do you want to start?

  • - [Mark] Let's talk about size.

  • - Size, yes.

  • Massive size, now tortoises are large because

  • they constantly are feeding, right?

  • All this animal does on a daily basis

  • is crawl out into the sun, heat up for a couple

  • of hours, and then it forages, all day long.

  • So the more it eats, the larger it grows.

  • And look at the rugged body structure, right?

  • Many tortoise species live in rugged environments,

  • which has allowed them to adapt

  • to a body structure like this.

  • Their skin is like leather.

  • It feels just like an old catcher's mit.

  • Come on put your hand there and feel that.

  • - [Mark] It kind of feels like a rhino or an elephant skin.

  • - Right?

  • It's interesting that you mentioned elephant skin,

  • because look at the leg structure, okay?

  • Both the front legs, no webbing on the feet,

  • just these big gnarly paws and these stumped claws.

  • And then the back feet specifically,

  • here come back here and look at this.

  • Let me get her to put her foot down.

  • It looks just like

  • Oh, don't want to scare her.

  • - It looks just like an elephant foot.

  • - Yeah, and that's called elephantine leg structure.

  • And when she lifts her body up, careful, yeah.

  • - [Mark] Very sensitive for a big turtle.

  • - Look how her paw is next to my hand.

  • I don't want to leave that there too long,

  • because if she does step down on my fingers,

  • she can crush them.

  • That's a bit of a risky position to be in.

  • But you see that?

  • They do have claws, and just like turtles,

  • they lay eggs.

  • Now let's look at the shell structure.

  • As compared to a turtle,

  • a tortoise has a much more domed shell structure.

  • Turtles are streamlined.

  • They have narrower shells that allow them

  • to quickly move through the water.

  • A tortoise doesn't go in the water.

  • A tortoise just needs to be able to traverse over land.

  • - [Mark] Wow, so it sounds like tortoises are specialized.

  • - Yes.

  • - [Mark] For living on land.

  • So is that the big difference?

  • - I would say the biggest different between

  • most turtle species and tortoises,

  • is that tortoises are specialized for living on land.

  • Now you do have some land turtle species,

  • like the box turtle and the wood turtle, two of my favorites

  • that live in the United States.

  • However, tortoises, you'll never find them in the water.

  • You're never going to come across a pond and say,

  • oh there's a tortoise swimming around.

  • Now a tortoise may crawl into a puddle of water,

  • to drink and to cool itself off,

  • but you'll never find them swimming.

  • They just kind of like (humming),

  • kind of submerge through like a giant tank.

  • - [Mark] Is she full?

  • Nope.

  • - She's never full.

  • Well I would definitely say that we learned a lot today.

  • And that technically all tortoises are turtles.

  • The thing that distinguishes a tortoise as a tortoise,

  • is that it is adapted for a life on land.

  • And I can tell you this much,

  • you never want to bring a tortoise to a salad buffet.

  • - [Mark] I think they could wipe out a salad bar

  • in about 20 minutes.

  • - Oh yeah, especially the Galapagos tortoise.

  • I'm Coyote Petersen.

  • Be brave.

  • Stay wild.

  • We'll see you on the next adventure.

  • See you later, Buckshot.

  • The turtle is an evolutionary phenomenon

  • that has fascinated both children and adults

  • since the dawn of mankind.

  • And whether you think they are adorable or scary,

  • slimy or scaly, I think there are two things

  • we can all certainly agree upon.

  • Turtles are one of the most unique animals on the planet.

  • And, I like turtles.

  • If you thought feeding the Galapagos tortoise

  • was fascinating, make sure to go back and watch

  • the episode where I fed carrots to another

  • giant with an appetite, the moose.

  • And don't forget, subscribe.

  • So you can join me and the crew,

  • on this season of Dragon Tails.

  • - Hold on to it, and let her pull it out of your mouth.

  • And don't let her take your teeth.

  • People with dentures sometimes lose 'em here.

  • Here we go, hold on, hold on.

  • (coyote howling)

- Now, you may be asking yourself,

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