Last of his kind! ;_____;
this is now a mothafreaken turtle appreciation chat
because turtles/tortoises are the best and they were my favourite animal prior to adoring cats. I used to own them when I was a child and they are hardcore AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR MANY POTENTIAL TURTLE EXPERIENCES
which turtle has touched your heart
let's do it for lonesome george
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RIP Lonesome George.
Oh god he's dead? I remember seeing him last year, when he was 99. He was the last of his kindddd
- #4
- 25 June 2012 - 04:32 PM
- MintyFishbowl
- Member
Really, the only experience I have with tortoises was one that wandered into my neighborhood during a drought a few years back...
Kind of off-putting...
Kind of off-putting...
- #5
- 25 June 2012 - 05:32 PM
- spikespiegel
- Member
Jerk, on 25 June 2012 - 11:54 PM, said:
Sometimes species just go extinct because the planet is too hostile for them to survive.
Like Jews.
Like Jews.
no comment
- #7
- 26 June 2012 - 12:50 AM
- falconboy99
- BCI Member
Dr. Klaus, on 26 June 2012 - 01:08 AM, said:
We've been around for thousands of years. We've survived millenia of persecution. We'll never truly die, Jerk.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
- #10
- 26 June 2012 - 02:09 AM
- SpaceMouse
- BCI Member
- his custom license plate literally reads "M0US3Y"
i think the saddest part of the story is that they tried to get him to mate with other turtles (not of his species exactly, but similar) to try and pass on the genetics, and after 15 years he finally does and the eggs failed to be fertilized 
- #13
- 26 June 2012 - 04:01 AM
- LackLuster
- Moderator
The enemy of all turtles! Repost this to fight the power!
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But seriously, sad stuff.
- #14
- 26 June 2012 - 04:03 AM
Straight from tumblr.
R.I.P last of his species. Some people say “hey a turtle died, big deal”. But what we witnessed was the extinction of a specie. Maybe we didn’t saw the Do-do bird, but at least we can tell our grandchild…or the kids that hang around our lawn “I was alive when the last of the giant turtles was alive”. They may call us cranky and old bags, but we can be proud to yell at them to get the hell out of our lawn because we witnessed something little, yet epic.
TurtlexLonesome George pic here, quick sketch. Nothing else.
Oh yeah, turtle belongs to Veronica “Taeshi” Vera Taeshi Diary
R.I.P last of his species. Some people say “hey a turtle died, big deal”. But what we witnessed was the extinction of a specie. Maybe we didn’t saw the Do-do bird, but at least we can tell our grandchild…or the kids that hang around our lawn “I was alive when the last of the giant turtles was alive”. They may call us cranky and old bags, but we can be proud to yell at them to get the hell out of our lawn because we witnessed something little, yet epic.
TurtlexLonesome George pic here, quick sketch. Nothing else.
Oh yeah, turtle belongs to Veronica “Taeshi” Vera Taeshi Diary
- #15
- 26 June 2012 - 04:04 AM
- Raxki
- Member
This new even reach the BCB community!?
Sea Shepherds News - Galapagos National Park Mourns the Loss of Lonesome George, an Icon of Conservation Efforts Worldwide
This why we need to protect species at the bring of extinction...
May Lonesome George rest in piece.
My Turtle Experience:
When i was younger i went to the beach, i saw baby turtles flat like panckes by cars... but i saw one baby turtle crawling , and i pick and put it in the ocean.
heh, bit cliche, but true.
Sea Shepherds News - Galapagos National Park Mourns the Loss of Lonesome George, an Icon of Conservation Efforts Worldwide
This why we need to protect species at the bring of extinction...
May Lonesome George rest in piece.
My Turtle Experience:
When i was younger i went to the beach, i saw baby turtles flat like panckes by cars... but i saw one baby turtle crawling , and i pick and put it in the ocean.
heh, bit cliche, but true.
This post has been edited by Raxki: 26 June 2012 - 06:50 AM
- #16
- 26 June 2012 - 04:18 AM
- Jerk
- Member
Raxki, for just once, I'd like to see you shut the fuck up about the Sea Shepard and how much you want Paul Watson's cock inside you.
But yeah. Turtles.
Your family was FootFetish Clan and was killed by furries.
AND ONE MORE
You know who else had to cross a lot of sand for the Promised Land?
Jews.
But yeah. Turtles.
Meowth, on 26 June 2012 - 03:55 AM, said:
a turtle killed my family.
Your family was Foot
AND ONE MORE
You know who else had to cross a lot of sand for the Promised Land?
Jews.
- #17
- 26 June 2012 - 04:52 AM
it's sad to hear about the last spices of that particular turtle going extinct
- #21
- 26 June 2012 - 10:19 PM
- ILB
- secretly a man
Member
Happily, giant tortoises remain - the Galápagos tortoise species is still alive, and this kind (the Pinta Island subspecies) is the only one out of thirteen subspecies to be extinct. Unfortunately, apart from the Galápagos tortoises, there are only three extant species remaining of the giant tortoise family, and even then two of them are extinct in the wild and only exist in captivity.
The family is quite peculiar and most certainly proud, and I would love to encounter a member thereof, as it were, face to face. For now, though, it is important that we try to conserve the remaining four species. Hopefully, though, Lonesome George will not become the panda. ^_^
The family is quite peculiar and most certainly proud, and I would love to encounter a member thereof, as it were, face to face. For now, though, it is important that we try to conserve the remaining four species. Hopefully, though, Lonesome George will not become the panda. ^_^
- #22
- 27 June 2012 - 01:40 AM
- CaptainBaconMan
- Member
But what about terrapins?
Also, I've met one of these guys. Super fun.
Also, I've met one of these guys. Super fun.
Spoiler
- #23
- 28 June 2012 - 07:28 PM
- Moosack
- Member
Raxki, on 26 June 2012 - 04:18 AM, said:
This why we need to protect species at the bring of extinction...
Genetic bottle-neck and captivity will leave these guys at a disadvantage in the wild. Maybe it's better help to protect the species of giant tortoises that have yet to reach that tipping point?
- #24
- 28 June 2012 - 09:37 PM
- ChewySmokey
- BCI Member
Never heard of him until this thread. I was never much into turtles, like most people I always had a soft spot for those baby sea turtles crawling from under the sand trying to make their way to the ocean before being eaten. I really like tortoises, too, not sure what I found so appealing about them, maybe I'm just fascinated with how slow they can be with those thick legs and how old they can get.
- #25
- 29 June 2012 - 09:55 AM
- Titanium Dragon
- BCI Member
To be fair, there's some evidence to suggest that there are half-breeds of his species on another island, and there may well be some other full blooded individuals out there in the wild still.
- #29
- 03 July 2012 - 06:50 AM
- ILB
- secretly a man
Member
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This is probably the only turtle i'd consider to be kind of cool, other than that i don't see whats so special about them.
It does, to a degree, look like the Koopa Troopas that you meet at the lower castle levels of Mario games.
However, I need to question the notion that there is nothing special about the chelonian race. They are quite immensely special. ^_^
- #32
- 04 July 2012 - 11:48 PM
i love turtles especially the one in bcb longlive our people tripping turtle god
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