World record

【明報專訊】Bill : Bertie! Wait for me!

Bertie is a South African leopard tortoise that lives in Adventure Valley, a family adventure park in Durham, the UK (英國杜倫). It is the record holder of the highest speed achieved by a tortoise. It has sprinted at over 0.28 metres per second (m/s), smashing the previous record of 0.125 m/s.

■Glossary

tortoise (n) 陸龜