Monday, June 25, 2012

R.I.P Lonesome George! Last Known Male Giant Tortoise Dies.

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Lonesome George was a one of a kind tortoise, the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise, which is one of eight to fifteen extant subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, all of which are native to the Galápagos Islands. Today Lonesome George finally passed, thought to be about 100 years old, today marks the day of the extinction of an entire species.

R.I.P Lonesome George.


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