Magma Turtle
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The Magma Turtle is a giant turtle monster that first appeared in the second issue of the 2017 Legendary Comics series Skull Island: The Birth of Kong.
Design
The Magma Turtle is a gigantic turtle covered in a rocky shell, giving it the appearance of a statue when not moving. Several palm trees grow from the top of its shell.
Origins
The Magma Turtle is a strange species of turtle native to Skull Island. The species is indigenous to the region around Hellspring Peak, a volcano on the island. Magma Turtle eggs are laid in the heart of the volcano, where molten magma breaks through the shell and surrounds the embryo, hardening into an armored, rocky shell. As the Magma Turtle grows and matures, it returns to the volcano periodically to re-forge its shell.
Personality
The Magma Turtle is a docile herbivorous creature, and does not fear predation because not only is its shell inedible, but its blood is molten lava.
History
Skull Island: The Birth of Kong
The Mountain who Thunders Death
In 1996, as Aaron Brooks and the rest of the second Monarch expedition to Skull Island explored a Dutch shipwreck on the island, a Magma Turtle was present in the distance.
Abilities
Armored Hide
The Magma Turtle's igneous rock shell serves as a strong armor that protects it from damage.
Heat Resistance
The Magma Turtle is remarkably resistant to extreme heat. It can survive being submerged in molten magma from the moment it is still an embryo, and uses molten rock to forge its armored hide.
Molten Blood
As a byproduct of its close proximity to molten magma, the Magma Turtle's bloodstream reaches furnace-like temperatures, making its blood akin to molten lava. If the Magma Turtle were to be injured by a predator, its blood would act as a potent defense mechanism to deter its attacker.
Gallery
Monarch's profile on the Magma Turtle from Skull Island: The Birth of Kong #3
Trivia
- Concept art of the Magma Turtle is included in The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island. Like many of the other monsters introduced in Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, the Magma Turtle was conceptualized for Kong: Skull Island but did not make it into the film.
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