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Seychelles - Country of Large

Seychelles has two types of large animals living here, and they are the Coconut Crab and the Tortoise. 

The Coconut Crab is the world’s largest land crab, and it is about three feet long and weighs about eight to nine pounds.  Additionally, it has ten legs, and the two front-most legs are the largest.    

Esmeralda is a tortoise, and he (not a typo), weighs over six hundred and seventy pounds.

Notes:

National Geographic 

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2016/10/28/tracking-the-worlds-largest-land-crab/

BBC Travel

http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/secrets-of-the-seychelles/esmeralda

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