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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by umbraroze@lemmy.world to c/aww@lemmy.world

(Not my image, so I didn't actually measure this buddy's speed, sorry. I don't know where this was actually taken or what tortoise species this is. This may LOOK like a left hand drive country, but do the tortoises know the traffic laws? ...that's another matter, you know.)

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[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

But what type of speed are we talking? Is it a normal human walking pace? Running?

[-] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 16 points 7 months ago

It’s similar to a pretty normal human walking pace, more a “walking up to a restaurant to meet your friends inside” speed than “slowly strolling through a museum looking at art.” If that makes sense? Fast enough I’d have to step quickly to get away when I’d see the one tortoise who liked to use my pants as her napkin heading toward me with bits of food stuck to her face.

[-] qqq@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Running

We need a cocaine tortoise horror movie.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Google says average 0.16 mph (0.26 k/h) with a top speed of 0.5 mph. Humans average 3 mph strolling speed.

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