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| doi:10.1038/news.2008.981
Updated online: 12 August 2008
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Does fatherhood loom for Lonesome George?
Female companion of unique Galapagos tortoise lays promising clutch of eggs.
Galapagos scientists are in a state of extreme excitement following the news that the iconic giant tortoise known as Lonesome George could be about to become a father.
Back in 1972, park wardens rescued George, the sole surviving giant tortoise of the northerly Galapagos island of Pinta, and took him into captivity at the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) on the central island of Santa Cruz.
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