"Lonesome George" dead at ~100

Lonesome George. CC image courtesy of Jon Ward on Flickr (aka I-Look).

Time has run out for Lonesome George. The last surviving individual of the Pinta Island subspecies of Galapagos giant tortoises, who figured prominently in my post about the Quelili, was found dead in his corral at the Charles Darwin Research Station by Fausto Llerena, his keeper of 40 years. He left no descendents. More on George’s life and death from the BBC and The Telegraph:

BBC: Last Pinta giant tortoise Lonesome George dies

The Telegraph: ‘Lonesome George’, the last giant Galapagos tortoise of his kind, passes away
[sad video of George and a brief interview with his keeper]

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