Pet tortoise grows up to 40kg in S China

Two kids frolick with a giant
tortoise weighing over 20 kg, at Jiaji Township, Qionghai City, south
China's Hainan Province, May 21, 2009. A local citizen surnamed Huang
purchased then a quarter-kg-weight African spurred tortoise, or the Geochelone
sulcata in Latin, and brought it back to breed as a pet some 4 years ago.
Now it has grown up to over 40 kg. (Xinhua/Meng Zhongde)
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A giant tortoise weighing over 20 kg
grazes on the grass, at Jiaji Township, Qionghai City, south China's
Hainan Province, May 21, 2009.(Xinhua/Meng Zhongde)
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