RIP Lonesome George, c.1912 - 2012

[mercia]

A disturbed tortoise crawls into a police station.

"I've been robbed by a murderous gang of snails, he announces.

"Calm down," says a cop. "Just tell us everything that happened."

"That's difficult," says the tortoise. "It all happened so fast!"

[amateur51]

A disturbed tortoise crawls into a police station.

"I've been robbed by a murderous gang of snails, he announces.

"Calm down," says a cop. "Just tell us everything that happened."

"That's difficult," says the tortoise. "It all happened so fast!"

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[mercia]

Good to know George and his entire species has not become extinct in vain

only the subspecies [Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni] is now extinct, there's still plenty [20,000 ?] of the species
plenty of opportunities for him to breed (apparently), he just didn't feel like it

was caliban on holiday in the galapagos ?

[Flosshilde]

Well, at that age ...

[Nick Armstrong]

only the subspecies [Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni] is now extinct
was caliban on holiday in the galapagos ?

Thanks mercs - yes. It struck me as a bit sweeping when I typed that.

Yes, as part of a trip to Ecuador

[Richard Tarleton]

only the subspecies [Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni] is now extinct, there's still plenty [20,000 ?] of the species
plenty of opportunities for him to breed (apparently), he just didn't feel like it

was caliban on holiday in the galapagos ?

I see the subspecies is named for Abingdon Island, not Abingdon Oxfordshire.

[mercia]

"50% of George's genetic material still around"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18604240