Hugo

I believe this handsome chap is called Hugo and he is a Galapagos Tortoise who resides at the Australian Reptile Park.

As you can see I managed to spot him when he was in the middle of eating his elevenses. He obviously prefers carrots to his greens and two of these huge pieces of carrot went down in one go. Somebody forgot to tell Hugo that he should chew his food.

Isn't he gorgeous.

Today's topics photo - Morpeth
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[Annie D]

I knew this was you and Hugo hahahaha - as long as he doesn't have a dip in his shell it is Hugo and doesn't he have shocking table manners

[Gosia]

Amazing !

[Lee-Ann]

He looks very hungry and enjoying his dinner.

[Babs]

@annied I thought he was going to choke while he was eating this, but he seemed to survive.

At least he wasn't near the large rock this time I was there. ha ha.

[Annie D]

@onewing hahahahahaha he must be short sighted too

[Babs]

@annied Just easy to please I think. ha ha.

[Sue]

Aaah, great shot. Good kind of model, gives you lots of time to get things just right!

[Annie D]

@onewing bahahahahahahaa

[Babs]

@gosia Thanks Gosia, isn't he beautiful

[Babs]

@leestevo I bet he got indigestion.

[Andrew S]

They are so massive.. and live so long!

[Babs]

@sioux Thanks Sue. The only thing moving was his mouth and the carrot went down pretty quick.

[Babs]

@tomtom Yes, I know I am not sure how old Hugo is, but Annie @annied might know. She has met him quite a few times too. They are on first name terms now, ha ha.

[Annie D]

@tomtom @onewing haha I do know the last keeper talk said he was 63

[sally agnew]

Great capture of a huge hungry Hugo. Love the texture on his shell :-)

[Rachel]

Whoa, Mum always said 'don't eat anything bigger than your head', and I think Hugo is breaking this rule!

[Margaret Pengelly]

Love the focus on his shell. Great shot.

[Kat]

Fantastic "action" shot. :)

[Sam]

What wonderful textures - they sure are interesting animals to look at! FAV

[Angela Tavan]

what a magnificent creature! beautifully presented in this shot!

[Pat Knowles]

Fascinating sort of prehistoric characters.......rather fascinating to watch...he is enjoying his dinner. They must eat a lot because these tortoises are quite big aren't they?

[gayelene]

wow wonderful shot :)

[Lee Potter]

Great shot Babs

[Poppo Livy]

Ha Ha Good shot Babs

[Brianna]

Ah, Hugo! You've gotta love this fellow! I've seen him multiple times and each times he's always willing to have a stroll around and feed! :)

[Babs]

@hermann @888rachel Thanks. I thought he was going to choke on this. I wonder if they get indigestion.

[Babs]

@ubobohobo @darthkitty @angelat @onlyme111 Thanks so much. He is gorgeous.

[Babs]

@gigiflower Thanks forf the fav Sam. I think carrots were his favourite, they went down so quick.

[Babs]

@happypat Yes, I think Hugo is about 1.7 meters long and probably weighs around 400 kg.

[Babs]

@onlyme111 @lpot1985 @terryliv Thanks, he was certainly tucking into his food.

@lilminimonka Thanks Brianna, isn't he gorgeous. I've seen him a few times too, but never seen him demolishing carrots quite so quickly before.

[Jane Morley]

Massive!

[gloria jones]

Great capture.

[Gena Pegg]

I LOVE Hugo! Oh my....he is just magnificent!! Great capture Babs!! FAV for me!

[Paula W]

That piece of carrot is as big as his head! Hugo looks quite a character.

[*lynn]

amazing creature... great shot!

[Lois]

Massive reptile with a huge appetite! Great shot with the carrot about to go down!

[tony gig]

Wonderful capture Babs.

[Peter]

Beautiful capture Babs, great depth of field giving lots of detail;)

[Hazel]

Oh - fabulous!

[Gillian]

Wow - he's enormous! Fabulous capture.

[Denise fuller]

great shot

[Eve Pulsater]

What a big boy! It only goes to show what I have known for ages. You can eat loads of fruit and salad and still be large!

[Deb]

Very gorgeous indeed! Love how you caught him just about to swallow that carrot.

[Kathie]

Great action shot. Guess no one has to tell him to eat his veggies first. Beautiful shot and tortoise. Fav

[Yao RL]

haha, just like when I was hungry. just a cool shot.

[Tammy]

Somebody needs to tell him to take smaller bites! Geez! What a great shot!

[Marnie]

Fantastic sight, lucky you Babs. Love this shot, though he could use a brush-up on table manners.

[Babs]

@chimfa @seattlite @paulaw @lynnz @loweygrace @tonygig @pcoulson @quietpurplehaze @kwiksilver @denisefuller @creampuff @dgrynn @kathiecb @yaorenliu @tabarlett @golftragic Thanks. sorry for the group reply again, but more med appointments this afternoon and now I am just off to get dinner ready. Always something. Hugo is indeed quite a character and I have never seen anyone demolish a couple of carrots so quickly. Hope he didn't get indigestion. do giant tortoises get indigestion, not sure.
I agree Marnie he does need a few more manners, not supposed to walk in his food either.
Ha ha Eve. eating his veggies didn't keep his weight down did it.

[Babs]

@eyesmile
Thanks Gena. I agree Hugo is beautiful and such a character. Thanks for the fav.

[Lee]

Good Photo of Hugo, any idea how old he is Babs?

[Babs]

@gamelee Yes Lee, he is 63 years old.

[8yearson]

Fasntastically ugly and gorgeous Babs! Love all the detail under his shell and the action of devouring carrots whole! Fav.