VIDEO: Last Tortoise's Hopes Dim

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 22:42 in Biology & Nature

Lonesome George is the last of a Galápagos tortoise subspecies. After 36 years the aging tortoise finally fertilized eggs of a female tortoise, but most are unlikely to hatch.

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