Desert Tortoise and papayas??

by Kendra
(Southern California)

Hello! Today I went in my backyard and found that a papaya had fallen off my neighbor's tree into our yard. I jokingly tossed it past my dog and told her to fetch it ( knowing she WILL NOT fetch anything if her life depended on it). I go back outside about 30 minutes later and the tortoise is mounted over the papaya digging in. He'll walk away for a second, then walk as fast as he can back to it and continue to destroy it. It's so weird.. it's like he's addicted to it XD

My mom's desert tortoise is obsessed with papayas! Do many tortoises like papayas that much?