Watch Pinta Island Tortoise

Watch Pinta Island Tortoise

Pinta Island Tortoise: Galapagos Islands Lonesome George - Pinta Island tortoises are largely extinct but one in every of them will be found on Pinta Island. They have been believed to be utterly extinct, till one lone tortoise, dubbed Lonesome George, was discovered to nonetheless be alive on the island. Since that time, researchers and activists have provided rewards for anyone who is able to locate one other (preferably feminine) tortoise on the island. The island was as soon as full of tortoises. They were finally killed off over the period of a few years, together with many other animals that when inhabited the area. Efforts are at the moment underway to revive the as soon as thriving island back to what it was