Fun fact: giant tortoises didn't get a scientific name for over 300 years because no specimen could make it to Europe. The reason being was they were the most delicious thing the sailor had eaten. Add the fact they could live for 6 months without food or water. Speaking of water, if the tortoise was butchered carefully you could remove a special bladder in them that had about a gallon of fresh potable water. You just stack them up on their backs so the can't move about and a single tortoise could feed several men