Toraton
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The toraton is a fictional creature made for the t.v. show: The Future is Wild.
The toraton lives 100 million years in the future, and its closest ancestor is the tortoise. It lurks in the Bengal Swamp, which replaced the Bay of Bengal after Africa collided with southeast Asia. Toraton is 7 m high and weight 120 tons. At this time, the toraton is the largest creature to walk the earth (growing even larger than the dinosaurs). The toraton eats constantly, putting away 1,300 pounds of vegetation a day.This also makes it the biggest herbivore ever to live.
The toraton cannot withdraw into its shell like the tortoise could, but its shell is used to protect and partially support its weak muscles. The toraton has also evolved a digestive system that has a muscular stomach (to grind its food) and a gut filled with bacteria (to digest the rest of the vegetation). The toraton is completly different from its ancestor the tortise. Its legs have moved from its sides, to completly underneath to support the tons of massive muscle on this enormous creature.
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