The last living Pinta Island Galapagos giant tortoise, Lonesome George, passed away in captivity in Ecuador on 6/26/12. I've been studying so much about evolution and taught the evolution unit last in school, so this news hit particularly close to home. Caley can testify, I definitely cried. While other subspecies of the galapagos tortoises still exist, this subspecies is now extinct, and the other populations are classified as vulnerable. Hopefully I can find a way to impress upon my students the need to preserve and protect this earth and its inhabitants.
Goodbye George
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