Friday, 24 May 2013

Maybe Lonesome George Wasn't so Lonely


Lonesome George. Image: putneymark
Did you see the article about lonesome George?  George died last summer ( June 2012) at that time scientists thought that Lonesome George was the last of his kind, and since he died the species Chelonoidis abingdoni, had gone extincted. But they had been mistaken, on Isabelle island 60 km away from Georges home more of his species were found, as their DNA was studied.

Read more at Teaching Kids News

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