Still Waters Posted November 22, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 22, 2012 When Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise, died in June in the Galapagos, the world mourned the demise of a species - but a new report says the reptile was not so lonely after all. There are at least 17 tortoises on the Galapagos Islands that have similar genetic traits to George, including some that may be from his same genus, the Galapagos National Park said in a statement - meaning that George's death "does not represent the end of the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta Island giant tortoises". http://www.telegraph...f-his-kind.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 22, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 22, 2012 \(^o^)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted November 22, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Great. Now what about the Tasmanian Tiger? Those are still alive too, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C235 Posted November 23, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Did they asked him?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted November 23, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm pretty sure George was lonely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted November 23, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I certainly hope not. I've always wanted to ride one of them into battle. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted November 23, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I certainly hope not. I've always wanted to ride one of them into battle. :-P ...very slowly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted November 24, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Love the big guys, hope he wasn't the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKO Posted November 24, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Great. Now what about the Tasmanian Tiger? Those are still alive too, aren't they? I wish haha. The footage of them seems to show they were a playful sort of animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewild Posted December 3, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 3, 2012 what a beautiful animal, these tortises. Tortii. What is the plural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted December 3, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Love the big guys, hope he wasn't the last one. That's what the thread is about, lol. Anyway, he may not have been the last of his kind, but like Timonthy said, he must have felt lonely. Imagine: you live out your years on a speck in the ocean, thinking there is no one else of your kind left, not knowing on some other islands your kind is 'having a ball'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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