[HN Gopher] 'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confir...
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       'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive in
       the Galapagos
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2022-06-11 11:12 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | petee wrote:
       | If they were that hard to find, maybe put it back where you found
       | it? Because it might already have a mate they haven't found yet,
       | and by bringing it to a breeding center without a mate, they
       | could be dooming the species...
        
         | akkartik wrote:
         | "collected" :'(
        
       | hulitu wrote:
       | > 'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive
       | in the Galapagos
       | 
       | A search over "Fantastic giant tortoise" brings the same news
       | instead something about a tortoise. Those people loose all their
       | credibility with such headlines.
        
       | daedalus_f wrote:
       | Makes me think of _Testudo aubreii_. Time to re-read all the
       | Master and Commander books again. Thank you for the push! :D
        
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