Herbie, a 70-year-old 500-pound Aldabra tortoise, prepares to take another chunk out of a tomato while feeding at the Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court, in Tucson, on Nov. 30, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Aldabra tortoises hail from the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Herbie is one of very few animals at Reid Park Zoo that was actually caught in the wild, according to the zoo website.Β 


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