One of the Rarest Creatures in the World Is Now Dead
Lonesome George, a giant and awesome tortoise believed to be the last of his subspecies, died on Sunday at the Galapagos National Park.
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Lonesome George, a giant and awesome tortoise believed to be the last of his subspecies, died on Sunday at the Galapagos National Park.
Just days before the Iowa caucus, the forever-surging, sweater-vest wearing former Pennsylvanian Senator came third behind Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in the latest Des Moines Register poll, but a swing in voting in the last two days prompted him to tell Talking Points Memo, "I'm a tortoise."
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