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Lonesome George - The Last Tortoise

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Scientists tried everything humanly possible to get lonesome george to mate with another tortoise so they could resurrect the species and bring pinta island back to its original state. Nothing worked until one day in july two thousand eight, george turns to the two female tortoises that he has been ignoring for years. And he says, lo bem t butu inexplicably, he just suddenly decides to mate with both of e. They each eggs, two clutches were ultimately laid in his corral. But they ultimately were infertile.

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