Submitted 4 weeks ago by Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
So let’s say I had aqcuired a young tortoise, and wanted it to eventually be fast. Could I strap a weight on a rope to its shell and gradually increase the weight a few grams every day until I have the fastest tortoise in the world?
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This gives me ideas
I heard someone call this “turtle overclocking” lol
It’s like he’s swimming
Tortoises are fast. Though most of the time they just have no reason to and conserve energy because they are cold blooded.
Also, those fuckers can climb! You got no idea how many times we had to pick up one of my mothers tortoises from neighbours because they found another way to sneak out of the enclosure we build outside.
Sure you’re not thinking of turtles? I’ve seen them haul ass, but never a tortoise.
If you’re mother has them, I’m sure you said what you meant, but still, never seen one scoot booty.
Yes, turtles are probably faster (especially in water), but I’m talking about Hermanns’s tortoise.
It would be stronger but I doubt that would correlate much with speed or endurance. I can squat almost double my bodyweight but my cooper test score is around 2500. A runner with way less leg strenght could easily outperform me.
Tortoises go faster the hotter they are; comes from having a cold blooded metabolism. So to make it faster, acclimate it to hotter environments as well as putting it on a muscle building regime.
You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.
But, probably not.
Reptiles don’t pile on mass the way mammals do. The greatest limitation to tortoise speed isn’t muscle anyway. It’s bone structure and metabolism.
Strapping weight ain’t gonna get mr tarpin swole, he just gonna be tired.
You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Get it a Terrapin Stationary Bicycle for endurance training.
Just a healthy diet of jerry and the boys will do…turtle will be trucking right along
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just get you a snapping turtle. they haul ass!
Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The turtle would get stronger, but strength wouldn’t necessarily have to translate to speed
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Gotta tune your turtle for more horsepower, not more torque.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Exactly, instead of making it pull weights, make it run after a salad or something and gradually increase speed/distance.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you have more torque and the same rpm, you get more horsepower as result.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Maybe a strawberry on a pushing pole strapped in front of it too then?
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Do non-human animals get more physically fit from working out?
Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Not sure about reptiles but mammals for sure.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
As long as they have the food/nutrition for it, sure - it’s all just muscles 🤷♂️