What is the fastest recorded tortoise speed?

Bertie, a Leopard tortoise, has entered the 2016 edition of Guinness Book of Records by achieving a speed of 0.28 metres per second (0.92 ft/s). The record was achieved in July 2015 on a running track specified by Guinness with an incline of 1 in 12. The previous best was set at the National Tortoise Championship at Tickhill, South Yorkshire, on 2 July 1977.

Leopard tortoises typically live to between 80 and 100 years old. Bertie, who raced to his record on a diet of strawberries, is thought to be about 10 years old.