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[challenge entry] Right, who invited that tortoise in??

R.I.P. Lonesome George :( www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18574279

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(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 12:28, archived)
# I read about poor old George...
V. sad.
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 12:30, archived)
# Yeah,
it's the last of his species... as far as I'm concerned *that* should be on the front pages today rather than some footy game...
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 12:37, archived)
# ^This
Extinction is forever.

So long George and your species
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 13:06, archived)
# Nah,
species subspecies

The species Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is still extant, not extinct. The subspecies Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni) is now extinct.
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:04, archived)
# That's just being pedantic
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:32, archived)
# Not to Galápagos tortoises it isn't
(, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:49, archived)