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discoverynews: Lonesome George, Last-of-Its-Kind Galapagos Tortoise, Dies Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who became the face of the Galapagos Islands conservation effort, was found dead in his corral Sunday morning, according to a statement by the Galapagos National Park Service. He was believed to be more than 100 years old and weighed 200 pounds. keep reading Image: Teddy Garcia / Reuters with half of the species on the planet due to become extinct before the en of the century, I’m afraid we will be reading more stories like this one…

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Lonesome George, Last-of-Its-Kind Galapagos Tortoise, Dies

Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who became the face of the Galapagos Islands conservation effort, was found dead in his corral Sunday morning, according to a statement by the Galapagos National Park Service. He was believed to be more than 100 years old and weighed 200 pounds.

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Image: Teddy Garcia / Reuters

with half of the species on the planet due to become extinct before the en of the century, I’m afraid we will be reading more stories like this one…

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    R.I.P. George. May you finally be with all of your friends and family in turtle heaven :’(
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    Poor George.
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    George!! =(
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    they could always clone him >.> just sayin
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    oh no.
  32. braingasmic reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    This isn’t depressing at all. Really.
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    Can we clone him? :( I feel awful the Earth lost another species.
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    That’s so fucking sad :-(
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