The Most Massive Animals Roaming Planet Earth

Heaviest Tortoise

Goliath, the Giant Galapagos Tortoise, was born in the 1960s at Seffner’s Life Fellowship Bird Sanctuary. He eventually grew to 919 pounds! He was 4 ft 5 in long, 3 ft 4 in wide, and 2 ft 3 in high. This species of tortoise can live over 100 years. 

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