So sad: Famed Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George dies

[DaveP]

QUITO, Ecuador – The giant tortoise Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to produce offspring made him a symbol of disappearing species, was found dead on Sunday, officials at the Galapagos National Park announced.

Lonesome George was believed to be the last living member of the Pinta island subspecies and had become an ambassador of sorts for the islands off Ecuador's coast whose unique flora and fauna helped inspire Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution.

The tortoise's age was not known but scientists believed he was about 100, not especially old for giant tortoises, who can live well over a century. Scientists had expected him to live another few decades at least.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06...#ixzz1ynfy2snV

Now I'll never get to taste him in a soup.

[walkonby]

Very Curious posting Dave??

[DaveP]

Very Curious posting Dave??

Just being silly.

[Natalka]

Saw him on the news tonight - well, he wasn't the best looking tortoise, but it's sad that he was the last of his kind.

[Poirot]

You would think they would have tried to clone him.

[DaveP]

You would think they would have tried to clone him.

But the clone wouldn't have a mate.

[Darth Penguin]

Now I'll never get to taste him in a soup.

Teen age mutant ninja turtles...turtles in a soup bowl...

See how eagerly the lobsters
And the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle -
Will you come and join the dance?

[DaveP]

Teen age mutant ninja turtles...turtles in a soup bowl...

Twould seem the english literary types have had a long and close relationship with opiates.