Incredible Animals of the Galapagos

Giant Galapagos Tortoise

Did you do the math? I can weigh up to 250 kilograms (.1 x 10 = 1 x 10 = 10 x 10 = 100 x 2 = 200 + 50 (half a hundred) = 250. 250 kilograms is equivalent to 550 pounds. I can live up to 150 years. Three decades (3 x 10 years = 30 years) plus twelve decades (12 x 10 years = 120 years) = 150 years. The 'lava named after me,' mentioned in the poem, of course, is the Galapagos Archipelago.

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