Giant Tortoise's ‘Perfect Sploot' Is Making Everybody's Day
If you've never heard the term "sploot," you're in for a treat. It's the adorable way pets fully stretch out with their front legs extended and their back legs trailing behind them, and it's one of pet lovers' favorite things to watch.
Seamus is an African Sulcata Tortoise who completely caught the internet off guard when his mom shared a clip of him splooting. We've all seen dogs, cats, and bunnies do it, but it turns out tortoises are in on it too, and we can't get enough!
@crazydinosaur03 A Seamus perfect day #africansulcata#dinosaur#nomnomnom#frenchie#greatdane
original sound - The Crazy Dinosaur
Seamus was so relaxed and comfy that he almost didn't get up to get his watermelon treat! His mom shared in the caption that it was "A Seamus perfect day," and we can't disagree that any day you get to lie in the sun and enjoy a sweet treat is a perfect day!
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Commenters' Minds Were Blown Learning that Tortoises Could Sploot
Splooting is a way for animals to cool down quickly when they're hot and relax when they're tired, but thousands of viewers had no idea that tortoises do it, too. @dorian victor shouted, "TURTLES SPLOOT???" Another surprised commenter replied, "I learn something new every day!"
Crazy Critters, Inc. shared on Facebook, "Tortoises 'sploot' primarily to maximize surface area for basking, allowing them to absorb more heat and UV rays for vitamin D3 production."
The National Park Service explains that there are even different kinds of sploots. "There's the full sploot, where both hind legs are splayed behind the animal. Then there is the side sploot, when one hind leg sticks out to the side while the other leg is tucked in, and finally the half sploot, where one back leg sticks straight out and the other is tucked underneath their belly."
Lots of animals sploot, and we are here to see them all!
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This story was originally published April 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM.