The Aldabra tortoise, sometimes referred to as a giant tortoise, is the second largest tortoise in the world, and lives primarily on the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.

The Aldabra tortoise is the second-largest tortoise in the world; the largest is the Galapagos tortoise. Bubba — the oldest animal at the zoo — weighs 535 pounds; Sonny weighs about 450 pounds.

Galapagos tortoises, the largest tortoise species, love to eat cactus. Dean — an Aldabra giant tortoise, the second largest tortoise species — likes to have his shell rubbed. Dean, left, is a ...

Aldabra tortoises can live more than 200 years. Amato said an expert who examined the reptiles said the largest tortoise, weighing a whopping 600 pounds, is about 52-years-old.

An Aldabra giant tortoise can live up to 150 years. It's the second-largest tortoise species in the world, after its larger relatives on the Galápagos Islands.

Either way, she died young. Aldabra tortoises, the world’s second-largest tortoise species, can live to be well past 100. They are native to the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles ...

TULSA -- The Tulsa Zoo announced the birth of 25 Aldabra tortoises on Wednesday. The zoo says the number of hatchlings marks a new record. The zoo has now hatched 161 Aldabra tortoises since 1999 ...

Aldabras are the second-largest tortoise species in the world and can weigh up to 700 pounds when fully grown. The zoo’s specimens weigh between 250 and 300 pounds.