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alittlelark

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4. I met Lonesome George 19 years ago in the Galapagos

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:43 PM

Jun 2012

I know we have pics of our meeting somewhere in the piles of photos we need to go through and separate.

He seemed sad (but then most tortoises do).

Farewell.

Sadly, I think that # of 17 (of 'interest') will be multiplied MANY times over in my lifetime at a more rapid rate..

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17 Animals That Became Extinct In Our Lifetime [View all] XemaSab Jun 2012 OP

You know what else happened in my lifetime? arcane1 Jun 2012 #1

I read that Lonesome George died this week SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

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I met Lonesome George 19 years ago in the Galapagos alittlelark Jun 2012 #4

Awesome. flamingdem Jun 2012 #9

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