Scientists: Galapagos tortoise can be revived

AP via Yahoo ^ | November 22, 2012 | Frank Bajak

[EveningStar]

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but scientists now say he may not be the last giant tortoise of his species after all.

Researchers say they may be able to resurrect the Pinta Island subspecies by launching a cross-breeding program with 17 other tortoises found to contain genetic material similar to that of Lonesome George, who died June 24 at the Pacific Ocean archipelago off Ecuador's coast after repeated failed efforts to reproduce.

[EveningStar]

Note: this article refers to a recently extinct subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. There are still 10 extant subspecies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_tortoise

[GeronL]

Revive?

I ain't doing CPR on that, you do it!

[ClearCase_guy]

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

natural selection..... the species is dead let it rest. How much money is going to be blown on this hair brained scheme

[Repeat Offender]

Oh how I would laugh if they ‘brought it back’ and it thrived on some other animal and drove that to extinction.

[onyx]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yep. All that time wasted when my kids found a baby bunny, brought it back to health, released it into the wild, and then watched a hawk get it moments later, LOL!

(I know. I’m the Worst. Mom. Ever. But it was a valuable life lesson.)

[null and void]

I hand raised a baby squirrel.

Mine lasted two weeks before the cats got her...

[Repeat Offender]

Well the hawk was well fed.

Your story sounds like analogy for Government Motors. It had a parasite that made it deathly ill. A nanny "nursed" it back to false health.......and the hawks are picking it apart.

[Argus]

What with all those repeated efforts to reproduce, they just wore George out.

[mylife]

George wasn’t getting any mud for his turtle.

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL...Rush is fond of the tale of the sea otter that was rescued at Prince William sound following the Exxon Valdez DUI. One oil laden otter had been plucked from the shore and became somewhat of a local celebrity as the media covered his recovery and rehabilitation.

Finally, the big day came when it was time to return him to the wilds, and students were let out of school, I believe a mayor and a marching band showed up, and when the otter was released, he slipped out to sea only to be swallowed by a hungry orca waiting in the depths.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

They named it after George Gobel?

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL...Rush is fond of the tale of the sea otter that was rescued at Prince William sound following the Exxon Valdez DUI. One oil laden otter had been plucked from the shore and became somewhat of a local celebrity as the media covered his recovery and rehabilitation.

Finally, the big day came when it was time to return him to the wilds, and students were let out of school, I believe a mayor and a marching band showed up, and when the otter was released, he slipped out to sea only to be swallowed by a hungry orca waiting in the depths.

[bigheadfred]

I ain't doing CPR on that, you do it!

What? I thought everyone knew you did CPR on a hard shell critter by sticking a glass tube up it's rear. OOOHHHH! Unless they forgot to tell you to blow.......

[Mercat]

My daughter had a hamster. The cat, Smitty caught him and he died. We buried him with the epithet: Smitty was his bane, Smitty was his sorry, Smitty wants to dig him up for breakfast tomorrow.

[djf]

Exactly. He was one of the subspecies. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of very closely related individuals.

[bigbob]

Never Say Die

[GeronL]

What? I thought everyone knew you did CPR on a hard shell critter by sticking a glass tube up it's rear.

Oh no... I ain't getting close to no tortoise BRD