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Lonesome George Is Dead At 100

Posted by Unknown on from the he-was-only-middle-aged dept.

New submitter camperdave writes "Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind and a conservation icon, died on Sunday of unknown causes, the Galapagos National Park said. He was thought to be about 100 years old."

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  1. Poor bastard... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Too bad he didn't get laid.

    1. Re:Poor bastard... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      He was kind of a jerk. He once mugged a snail but was never charged. The snail couldn't ID him because the robbery happened too fast.

  2. Re:Unknown? by Greyfox · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Probably... GLOBAL WARMING!
    *cough*
    Gl... Global warming...

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