Some acquire greatness through intellect or unbridled creativeness . But Diego the tortoisesexed his way into legend .
Diego , 100 , is a rare stock of tortoise call Chelonoidis hoodensis . These creature are so rare that they only exist on one of the oldest island in the Galápagos . In 1976 , when Diego was living at the San Diego Zoo , scientists realized that this handsome grinder in a half shell was actually one of the last remain tortoises of the Chelonoidis hoodensisas species . Diego then became the rife male person in a captive breeding programme in the Galápagos .
Diego the Tortoise saves Galapagos mintage from extinction by sire 800 offspringhttps://t.co/dmugt3GeKapic.twitter.com/mPwUxcYh9i
— AFP News Agency ( @AFP)September 14 , 2016
Over the decades , Diego has engender more than 800 issue and effectively save his intact specie from extinction . For his sweat , he quickly became an net renown , receive the honorary titleof “ Fuck Tortoise ” :
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denuded eagle < < < < fuck tortoisehttps://t.co/r1U0AayRHY
— yc ( @yc)September 14 , 2016
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Of over 2,000 tortoises that now last on the island , and Diego is the father of 40 pct of them . expert expect that 5,000 tortoise used to live on the island at one tip . Sadly , three species of giant tortoise in the Galápagos have already gone extinct with the in vogue species lost just four years ago . But thanks to Diego , Chelonoidis hoodensis hopefully wo n’t partake in a standardised fate .
[ AFP ]
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