God Damn what a bummer. RIP Lonesome George

Lonesome George (Solitario Jorge), the last of a particular sub-species of giant Galapagos Tortoise, passed away on Sunday.  As the last of his kind Lonesome George was a symbol of conservation efforts both in the equatorial Archipelago and more broadly across the world.  He was approximately 100 years old.

These tortoises are the coolest animals around.  Just eating passion fruit all day not giving a fuck.  I went to the Galapagos in 07 and it was fucking awesome.  Swimming with seals, chilling with the blue-footed boobies and getting shitfaced on rum with my friends on a mega-yacht for a week.  Shit was heaven.  But the absolute highlight were the Tortugas (that is the spanish word for Tortoises).  They are like the size of a car and do absolutely nothing except eat.  There are tons of Tortugas left, but Lonesome was the only one left from his certain island.

It sucks that Lonesome G didn't reproduce and all but I think I kind of respect him for it.  The females they were bringing in didn't have the right shell shape.  Everyone knows that the first thing a Tortuga looks for in a broad.  Wasn't about to be tapping it unless shit was tight, y'know?  Didn't want to fuck up the bloodlines.  Rather have nothing than some half-breed crap.  Tortugas are pretty common in Galapagos, but there was only one true Lonesome.  Dude made sure it stayed that way.  Haters gonna hate, Lonesome gonna Lonesome. 

So anyway raise those glasses to Lonesome George.