…Lonesome George è stato
"scoperto" da uno scienziato ungherese, sull'Isla Pinta nel
1972, risollevando le speranze degli ambientalisti che credevano che le Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni
fossero del tutto estinte. Il giovane maschio entrò subito a far parte del programma di riproduzione del Parco Nazionale
delle Galapagos, ma dopo essere convissuto per 15 anni con una tartaruga
femmina del vicino vulcano Wolf, Lonesome George si è accoppiato ma le uova
sono risultate sterili. Poi è stato messo in un recinto con
tartarughe femmine dell'isola di Espanola dell'isola, geneticamente più
vicini a lui di quelle del Wolf, ma Lonesome George non si è mai accoppiato con
loro…
Four Fingers - Lonesome George
December first 1971
On the island of Pinta a tortoise roamed
Most vegetation was destroyed by goats
Yet still George roamed with nothing but hope
Sole survivor of your species
Geochelone nigra abingdoni
You're the rarest creature in the world
With a name like that you could get any girl
Oh, Lonesome George
Giant tortoise of Galapagos
You've got no one and that's how it's been
Listen, George I'll be your friend
Ten thousand dollars to find you a partner
Its time you stop trying to be a martyr
Sixty to a hundred yet no ones sure
Age is just a number that what I've heard
I think its time you became a father
Listen George you don't have to love her
Come on George step up your game
All the other species are jealous of your name
Oh, Lonesome George
Giant tortoise of Galapagos
You've got no one and that's how it's been
Listen, George I'll be your friend
On the island of Pinta a tortoise roamed
Most vegetation was destroyed by goats
Yet still George roamed with nothing but hope
Sole survivor of your species
Geochelone nigra abingdoni
You're the rarest creature in the world
With a name like that you could get any girl
Oh, Lonesome George
Giant tortoise of Galapagos
You've got no one and that's how it's been
Listen, George I'll be your friend
Ten thousand dollars to find you a partner
Its time you stop trying to be a martyr
Sixty to a hundred yet no ones sure
Age is just a number that what I've heard
I think its time you became a father
Listen George you don't have to love her
Come on George step up your game
All the other species are jealous of your name
Oh, Lonesome George
Giant tortoise of Galapagos
You've got no one and that's how it's been
Listen, George I'll be your friend
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