🐢 Aldabra giant tortoise vs American lobster 🦞
The Aldabra giant tortoise is a bit bigger than the American lobster. The Aldabra giant tortoise weighs about 10 times as much as the American lobster.
| Row | 🐢 Aldabra giant tortoise | 🦞 American lobster |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The Aldabra giant tortoise weighs about 10 times as much as the American lobster. | 351 to 551 lb159 to 250 kg1 | 44 lb20 kg2 |
| Lives They are about the same. | 100 years100 years1 | 100 years100 years2 |
| Eats The Aldabra giant tortoise eats plants; the American lobster eats meat. | grass, leaves, woody plants and fallen fruit | crabs, clams, mussels, sea urchins and small fish |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | Aldabra, a ring of coral islands in the Indian Ocean, and a few nearby islands where people have brought them | the cold, rocky seafloor off the Atlantic coast of North America, from Canada to North Carolina |
Which one? Aldabra giant tortoise or American lobster
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the Aldabra giant tortoise or the American lobster yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species fact sheet, American lobster, checked 30 October 2026.