Lonesome George is Tortoises Giant Rare

Lonesome George is a turtle that is very rare in the world, this is the only turtle that comes from Pinta island, Galapagos. These turtles were found still alive. the Latin name of this animal is Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni. With the scarcity and uniqueness of these turtles into the animal's ambassador to the island off the coast of Ecuador, South America. Galapagos islands known as home to animals and plants unique. Tortoise named Lonesome nobody knows how many years he's been alive, but scientists predict that this tortoise has lived more than 100 years.

Age tortoise kind of Lonesome is not too old to live beyond the age of a century, the death of the turtle is one of the great loss for the scientists, and they expect these turtles can survive until the next decade, in fact to preserve these turtles being conducted since its discovery in 1972 and then, but all attempts continue to fail, such as Lonesome match with turtles two turtles females from Wolf Volcano region. and the results of eggs that produced infertile, and then paired with the turtles from maritime Espanola which are close relatives of the Lonesome but my prior success of this effort Lonesome last breath.

Here's what I can share about Lonesome George is a giant tortoise that Rare maritime Galapagos.