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No Offspring Yet For Lonesome George

Lonesome George, the last surviving of the Pinta Island subspecies of giant Galapagos tortoise, has come up short on producing any offspring. Lonesome George was paired with two females and a number of eggs were laid but none of them contained embryos. Lonesome George is just 90-years-old so if he is not infertile then he might have more chances at fertilizing a viable egg. A Telegraph article gives hope that the infertile eggs could have been the result of a diet or captivity issue.



Posted on December 10, 2008



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