It’s a perfect case of tortoise interruptus. Paul Rose, an expedition leader of National Geographic, chanced recently upon two large tortoise in Seychelles mating.

Being interrupted in the midst of making baby tortoises angered the male tortoise, so what follows is a National Geographic classic showing the extremely slow creature chasing Rose, reports Gizmondo. The two-minute, 20-second video has become viral, logging 1.4 million hits in just four days.

Also worth reading are the reactions to the video. It ranges from hilarious to outrageous.

Mattshu wrote: “Although giant tortoise are classified as a ‘Vulnerable’ species as far as their numbers, this was still a d**k move.” Meanwhile, GreenPlease’s imagination obviously went a bit too far as he shared his thoughts as follows: “Wouldn’t it be something if these giant tortoises were just messing with us and then, one day, once their populations reach a suitable size, they go road runner on all of us and simply over-run our defenses to take over the world with Cthulhu?”

Captain Midnight’s wish was for the photographer to fall walking backwards and then the turtle would bite his genital. SLKado imagines the tortoise catching up with Rose and smashing the National Geographic intruder with the back of his shell. However, he admits such a scenario is a little brazen for a “slow nearly offenseless animal” that would go after someone “with such a size disparity.”

Stuffing was pro-tortoise as he suggests “Some one kick that English guy in the d**k for c**k blocking.” Organized Chaos has the ultimate revenge suggestion by waiting until Rose has sex with his wife, “then I’ll put a giant tortoise in their bedroom. See how he likes it.”

Had Rose not interrupted the tortoise honeymoon on Seychelles, once mating is successful, it would fertilise 30 or 40 eggs of which six or eight will grow to full size. The female tortoise will lay another six or eight and the process will continue until the whole batch of 30 or 40 eggs are used, according to the British Association of Tortoise Keepers.

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