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?
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.
If you have more torque and the same rpm, you get more horsepower as result.
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?
As long as they have the food/nutrition for it, sure - it’s all just muscles 🤷♂️
People use fingerboards to give their turtles the Zoomies.
This gives me ideas…
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
just get you a snapping turtle. they haul ass!
