South African tortoise holds record as fastest tortoise ever
A South African leopard tortoise holds the Guinness record for being the fastest tortoise ever by travelling at a speed of 0.28 metres per second. Bertie the tortoise broke the previous record, that had been set in 1977, by crossing a 5.48-metre course in under 20 seconds. Bertie completed the course at almost twice the speed of an average tortoise.