Why are turtles and tortoises so slow?

Question

Why are turtles and tortoises so slow?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because they can be, and they are adapted so they don’t need to be fast. Instead of running away from predators they have shells that make it difficult for a predator to harm them. They are also heavy and bulky which makes movement difficult so given they don’t need to move much of the time they don’t.