Rare giant tortoise dies
By Agencies in Quito, Ecuador | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-26 08:05
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The lumbering giant tortoise known as Lonesome George lifts up his head during a walk in his protected home in Puerto Ayora, in central Galapagos, Ecuador, in 2001. He was notoriously disinterested in the opposite sex and failed to produce any offspring. Provided to China Daily |
A symbol of the Galapagos Islands, he was believed to be about 100
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