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FOR KIDS: Bye-bye, George
Ambassador of endangered species everywhere dies from old age
Web edition: July 6, 2012
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Gone but not forgotten: Lonesome George died on June 24 at an estimated age of 100.
Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment
For roughly a century, George slowly explored his territory on a Galápagos island off of Ecuador’s west coast. The 200-pound guy ambled slowly. But that was to be expected — George was a giant tortoise. Alas, sometime in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 24, Ecuador’s beloved reptile took his last step.
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