Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Galapagos George


Jane Austen meets Galapagos George. The intrepid John Tierney on the travails of a turtle (pix by Laurie Rosenwald):
It is a truth universally acknowledged, at least among humans, that a giant tortoise in the possession of the last sperm of his species must be in want of a wife. But what if the tortoise prefers a different lifestyle?

When I met Lonesome George two decades ago, in his pen on the main island of the Galápagos, I had the usual impulse to fix up the world’s most famous bachelor.
Fascinating story which does not yet have an ending. Will George find true love or retreat into his shell?

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