Lonesome George

The sole surviving giant Galapagos tortoise known as Lonesome George

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Upon seeing the tortoise called Lonesome George, Charles said to ...

The Hindu - Front Page 2009

How can we truly invest in our future to prevent Lonesome George type situations from occurring?

How a 100-year-old tortoise helped build a scalable social enterprise 2011

Lonesome George and the "Reddest State in the Nation" digg

Marshall Thompson: Lonesome George and the "Reddest State in the Nation" 2008

Like "Uncas" in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans , Lonesome George inspires devotion because there seems to be no one else like him on earth.

Lonesome George Warns the World Elizabeth Svoboda 2006

MCMAHON: Yes, Dean Martin and Bob Hope had wailed and out comes out Lonesome George and he came up with that line.

CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2005 2005

MCMAHON: Yes, Dean Martin and Bob Hope had wailed and out comes out Lonesome George and he came up with that line.

CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2005 2005

'Lemurs are a bit like Hollywood stars: beautiful, but a bit stupid' Environment: Fabled bachelor Lonesome George may finally be a father

The Guardian World News Robin McKie 2011

The global effort to get Lonesome George to mate is perhaps the most visible part of a decades-long quest to reverse the toll that piracy, globalization and tourism have taken on the Galapagos Islands, among the most zealously conserved wildlife sanctuaries on Earth.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com Ernesto Londoño 2011

"We're always sending out letters to see if there might be one out there, somewhere," Lonesome George's main caretaker, Fausto Llerena said, speaking near the tortoise's open-air habitat on Santa Cruz Island.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com Ernesto Londoño 2011