Garish Galapagos Turtles

Note- These massive turtles live in the Galapagos Islands. They are herbivorous creatures eating prickly pears, cactus, grass, and ferns. The Geochelone Elephantopus species have been known to grow to 500 pounds and live to 170 years. The Galápagos archipelago is a Province off the coast of Ecuador. A herd of turtles slither down The Isle of Galapagos. One huge centenarian Was quite cantankerous. Elephantopus was his name. Six feet long, his moniker matched The enormous frame Dragging by in slow dispatch. He stopped to eat some prickly pears, A real reptilian feast, Swelling out his shell of bone This mammoth tortoise beast. One-hundred-seventy-years old, With five-hundred pounds pantomimed. He gave me no quarter; I gave him no dime.