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hopesarefadingthatloanssomegeorgeauniquegiantgalapagos

tortouswillbecomeafather

georgelivesinthegalapgogosnationalparandequiador

anditsbelievedtobethelastlivingnumberofthisspecies

conservationistsareanxioustoensurehisbloodlinecontinues

butitseemsgeorgeisnotyetdestanttobecomeafather

arofficialsintroducedgeorgetotwoeligiblefemalecompanionswiththeremainingeighteggslaidbythegianttortosareareinfural

unfortunatelyweopenedeachoneofthem

andtolook

tosee

ifwecouldfindasignofembrelloandnoneofthemhadasignofanyembrodeveloping

whichsuggeststhattheeggswerenotfrtisomeofkcononsworkhasbeenpartiallyfundedbynationalgeographic

thoughtheeggswerenotfertilizetherewasasmallglimmerofhope

asitwasthefirsttime

anyofgeorgeasmateswereabletoproduceeggs

parkrangershavebeentryingforthirtysixyearstocoaxgeorgeintofatheringbabies

georgecouldbesteiral

althoughtheeggscouldalsohavebeendeficient

sincethefemaleshavenotlateeggsforfifteenyears

thetortussesmayhaveadjustedpoorlyacaptivity

whichcouldhavelefttheminfuralorthedietintheirbreedingcenter

could

couldhavehadnenetivetiveimpmsontheirreproductivesystems

eitherwayconservationistsarenotgivingup

justyetateamofbiologistsandparkrangershavebeentakingbloodsamplesfortortusonnearbyiisabelllaislandinsearchofhybridspeciesthatshareasmanyormoregeneswithloadesingeorge

georgefirstdiscoveredinnineteenseventyonewastakentoabreedingcenteronsantacruiseislandland

onenineteenseventytwohesbecomeamajorconservationiconandtouristattractioninthecollapposislands