Diego, The Galápagos Tortoise With a Species-saving Sex Drive, Retires

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Diego, The Galápagos Tortoise With a Species-saving Sex Drive, Retires

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Hope he had a "going away gift" - at 100, that deserves some recognition!! :wink: :D

Full Article (and video - not porn! :roll: ): - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-53062480

Diego, The Galápagos Tortoise With a Species-saving Sex Drive, Retires

"A giant Galápagos tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction has officially entered retirement.

Diego and 14 other male tortoises have returned to their native Española, one of Ecuador's Galápagos islands.

The tortoises were put out to pasture on Monday after decades of breeding in captivity on Santa Cruz Island.

The breeding programme was a success, producing more than 2,000 giant tortoises since it began in the 1960s.

Diego, aged 100, is thought to have fathered hundreds of progeny, around 40% of the 2,000 of giant tortoises alive today by some estimates."


Happy days Diego :thumb:

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Diego, The Galápagos Tortoise With a Species-saving Sex Drive, Retires

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Aye aye
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