Here's what happens when you interrupt tortoise sex: A very, very slow chase

You don't want to mess with mating tortoises unless you're a very...average runner. In fact, you don't have to run at all — to escape a raging tortoise's wrath, all you have to do is sort of slowly stroll away

This is exactly what happened to explorer Paul Rose, who interrupted the mating pair of giant tortoises on an island in the Seychelles. What happens next, as documented in a National Geographic video, is quite comical. The male tortoise tries to chase Rose away from its territory at full speed — which, by our estimate, is 100 about meters per hour

It's not all fun and games, though — that tortoise looks pretty serious, and, while its pursuit might not be the fastest ever, it achieves its goal of chasing off the intruder. Eventually. Read more...

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