Lonesome George Got His Mojo … at the Ripe Old Age of 90!

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Nov 20, 2008 at 1:21 am

At the grand old age of 90, Lonesome George, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands, suddenly got interested in the opposite sex:

A Pinta Island tortoise, George had showed little interest in sex during 36 years in captivity. At 90, George is in his sexual prime and his low libido even raised tabloid-like rumors the 198 pounds (90 kilograms) creature preferred other males. After trying almost everything from artificial insemination to having George watch younger males mate, his keepers had nearly lost hope. But his new-found libido has raised hopes he could save his subspecies from extinction.

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  1. ted
    Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am

    You can lead a tortoise to watch her, but you can’t make him dink?

  2. Bruce V. Bracken
    Nov 20th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    but he’ll only put out for rich, 300-year-old females.

  3. vero4902
    Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    Bow chicka wow wow!

  4. raina_c
    Nov 21st, 2008 at 5:25 am

    Errrr…I hate poachers/hunters.

  5. Ali S.
    Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Well, good for him and the species. However, will the young gals be seen as gold diggers by the other tortoises?

  6. lil-missy
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    i hope he is to bring out more babies to continue the survival of the speices

  7. Suresh
    Feb 21st, 2010 at 9:33 am

    I’ll b the most happiest person in the world if it happens


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