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Sunday, February 02, 2020

Experts Find Galapagos Tortoises Related to OLV Patron Tortoise, Lonesome George

Because he, too, was in danger of extinction, I declared Lonesome George, aka Jorge El Solitario,  the Patron Tortoise of Our Lady of Vilnius NYC.  A news items now describes how hybrid tortoises bearing some of his species' genes have been found: Galápagos experts find a tortoise related to Lonesome George.  Glad his genes live on, but no one can replace my lost love.

My favorite Lonesome George tribute:


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