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 week or month until I have the fastest tortoise in the world?
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.
The turtle would get stronger, but strength wouldn’t necessarily have to translate to speed. It might go the same speed, just more easily 🤷♂️
Gotta tune your turtle for more horsepower, not more torque.
Maybe a strawberry on a fishing pole strapped in front of it too then?
Do non-human animals get more physically fit from working out?
People use fingerboards to give their turtles the Zoomies.
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.
Get it a Terrapin Stationary Bicycle for endurance training.
