A sad goodbye to Lonesome George, the last of his entire subspecies

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/25/lonesome-george

The last representative of the giant tortoise subspecies, he was a symbol of biodiversity loss, but his legacy is felt in the work to restore Galápagos habitats
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Good on the ol' boy, he lasted 100 years, longer than most humans :D

But I think they might've got that wrong though. Looking at this pic
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I think there might still be more of his subspecies remaining
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