Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Farewell to thee, Lonesome George*
red-hot tip in Darwin's forge
Like the Dodo that has gone before
your likes again we'll see no more
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Brian Dixon
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dash it,i thought george osbourne had snuffed it for a minute.
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That is sad, the last one of the Galapagos Islands Tortoises. Another species extinct.
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
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I think LG was the last of one particular sort of tortoise and that others remain, Kath...
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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must have got him down being just one of a kind around.
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I did wonder if other species were still there. Good. I wonder if London Zoo still have the giant tortoises I saw many years ago?
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
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What's that Howard? He retreated into his shell?
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I did hear through the QI programme that it took science hundreds of years to obtain a specimen of these tortoises. Many, many attempts were made to carry sufficient of them on the voyage home, but, alas they were just too tasty for their own good.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a delicacy in vietnam i believe though george would have not tasted that brilliant at his age tom.
i can't help but wonder how happy george was when he was alive with a total lack of er erm - female companionship.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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probably taken it to hand howard.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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he would have needed some inspiration though brian, i doubt if there were any magazines with female tortoises in where he lived.