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skip fox

(19,359 posts) Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:04 AM Jun 2012

Please come CAPTION Lonesome George, the 100-year old tortoise!!!

Lonesome George is saying: "I know, I know, I'm frustratingly slow, but unlike some (and I'll not mention Fox News here) I don't walk backward."

(Infortunately Lonesome Geogre just died a day or so ago.)

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Please come CAPTION Lonesome George, the 100-year old tortoise!!! (Original Post) skip fox Jun 2012 OP

I am just saddened.. This was the rarest tortoise on earth and his species is now extinct. hlthe2b Jun 2012 #1

We are racing to rush over the cliff and we unconcerned about how many species we take with us. skip fox Jun 2012 #2

I know... I wasn't meaning to admonish... but yeah, the story is incredibly sad to me. hlthe2b Jun 2012 #3

I understand. Didn't feel admonished. But realizing the enormity of what occured . . . skip fox Jun 2012 #4

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)

1. I am just saddened.. This was the rarest tortoise on earth and his species is now extinct.

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:07 AM

Jun 2012

And, though he was 100 years old, his lifespan could/should have been upwards of 200.

Lonesome George, indeed.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)

2. We are racing to rush over the cliff and we unconcerned about how many species we take with us.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:18 AM

Jun 2012

Yes, very sad.

(I probably shouldn't have used the occasion of his death for a CAPTION. But then, a joke's a joke.)

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)

3. I know... I wasn't meaning to admonish... but yeah, the story is incredibly sad to me.

Reply to skip fox (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:20 AM

Jun 2012

skip fox

(19,359 posts)

4. I understand. Didn't feel admonished. But realizing the enormity of what occured . . .