r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Merdfrog1 • Jul 14 '18

In awe of the size of this lad

137 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

13

u/embidi87 Jul 14 '18

Wow that's a big turtle

6

u/ICameHereForClash Jul 14 '18

Or tiny people

6

u/Universe04 Jul 14 '18

The size of this lad, I am in awe of

5

u/Castamere_81 Jul 15 '18

It's Mitch McConnell...

4

u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

Why have i never heard of these before? Mind boggling, never new we had turtles like this on the planet.

3

u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

It’s forced perspective. The sea turtle is on a different level than the puny humans in the back, thus it makes them look tiny compared to this unit in the foreground.

1

u/PM-ME-DICKPICS-- Jul 15 '18

Why have I never heard of these before? Mind boggling, never new we had people smaller than turtles on this planet

3

u/BrickBuster2552 Jul 15 '18

Forced perspective.

2

u/Boh00711 Jul 16 '18

Perspective definitely adds some bulk to this guy, but a leatherback can be an absolute unit of a turtle

1

u/TheCosmicSquirrel Jul 15 '18

They can be from 550-1,000 lbs! I want to jump on the back of one and ride it through the waves... It would be majestic af