Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at Urbina Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Galapagos white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis galapagensis) feeding near giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Wild Galapagos giant tortoises (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), adult, feeding, Seychelles, Africa

Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis). Frightened and quickly rushing past a resting female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) which does not show any interest at all in the little chelonian. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Gigantic tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) is drinking water from a puddle. Galapagos Islands. Pacific Ocean. Ecuador.

Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) drinking front view in waterhole in Kruger national park, South Africa

Healers vermifuge a Seychelles Giant Tortoise