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WoW & MH! Melee & Range! Love & Beloved!

Greentea wrote 3 days ago: Stopped world of warcraft for roughly one and a half month ago. Although i miss the game more than a … more →

Tags: Football, Arsenal, World of Warcraft, Art & Lifestyle, Love, Monster Hunter, Wow, Hunter, Warcraft

Lonesome George; a snippet from On The Destiny Of #Species.

fishsnorkel wrote 1 month ago: “Indeed, George has even failed to breed successfully with female tortoises (of another subspe … more →

Tags: All animals are equal but..., conservation madness, THE DESTINY OF SPECIES, Conservation, natural selection, Natural History, matthew watkinson

Lonesome George almost had a partner; a snippet from On The Destiny Of #Species.

fishsnorkel wrote 2 months ago: “Anyway, the Galápagos Tortoise subspecies have been divided by slight morphological variation … more →

Tags: All animals are equal but..., conservation madness, THE DESTINY OF SPECIES, Species Splitting, Conservation, natural selection, extinction, Natural History, matthew watkinson

Random Musing @5

Greentea wrote 3 months ago: Still waiting for my new laptop. Dateline for my little assignment by my boss getting close. Got my … more →

Tags: Football, Arsenal, World of Warcraft, Art & Lifestyle, Wow, Hunter, Warcraft, arena, Lifestyle

Random Musing @4

Greentea wrote 4 months ago: Planning to buy new latop – DELL 13.3 inch, Core2duo, 512mb ATI RADEON Graphic card, 300+gig h … more →

Tags: Football, Arsenal, World of Warcraft, Art & Lifestyle, Wow, Warcraft, Lifestyle, Streamyx

An endangered species: The Galapagos tortoise

galapagosinc wrote 4 months ago: Many of you may have read in many articles the exciting story of “Lonesome George”- a 90-100 year ol … more →

Tags: Galapagos Islands, galapagos species, theory of evolution, Galapagos tortoise

Lonesome George may become dad5 comments

Southern Fried Scientist wrote 4 months ago: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images Lonesome George, the last Geochelone abigdoni giant land tortoise, … more →

Tags: Science, Conservation

Lonesome George may have lead in pencil after all

markelt wrote 4 months ago: Who’d a thought? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8164404.stm … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Lonesome George To Become Daddy

naturalonline wrote 4 months ago: The last giant Galapagos tortoise, known as Lonesome George seems to be set to become a dad at age 1 … more →

Tags: tortoise, oldest, galapagos

Random Musing #1

Greentea wrote 4 months ago: 1) New job 2) New start 3) New Identity 4) New Life 5) New Friends 6) New colleagues 7) New me … more →

Tags: Art & Lifestyle, Art, Lifestyle

Lonesome George - Galapagos News

sangay wrote 4 months ago: Source: Parque Nacional Galapagos [Galapagos National Park] Link: http://www.galapagospark.org/bolet … more →

Tags: 3 GALAPAGOS TOURISM UPDATES, galapagos, galapagos national park, galapagos news, Geochelone abingdoni, Geochelone becky, giant tortoise, GNP, parque nacional galapagos

Lonesome George!!! My old friend

Greentea wrote 5 months ago: Lonesome George (Spanish: Solitario Jorge) is the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise … more →

Tags: Art & Lifestyle, turtle

Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

jaxleslie wrote 5 months ago: We anchored off Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island at some point during the night, and had an early w … more →

Tags: Santa Cruz Island, Puerto Ayora, Charles Darwin Research Center, giant tortoise, Pinta Island, Baltra, empanades, Cuenca, La Posada del Angel

Turtle, turtle, sharkie? Galapagos Adventures!

Drabbles wrote 7 months ago: Just a note: Ecuador uses USD as currency, so all dollar amounts are in American dollars. Day 18 … more →

Tags: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, sea lions, Turtles, Sharks, Charles Darwin, Quito, airport security, Charles Darwin Research Station

Galapagos Giant Tortoise1 comment

sangay wrote 8 months ago: The Galapagos Giant Tortoise is probably the best known and most emblematic of all Galapagos animals … more →

Tags: 5 GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE DETAILS, galapagos, Galapagos Giant Tortoise, galapago, G. chilensis, Geochelone chilensis, domed carapaces, saddleback carapaces, abingdoni

Hollywood Squares

beckycc wrote 8 months ago: Those of us of a certain age will remember the game show Hollywood Squares. For you young whippersna … more →

Tags: Goofy Stuff, Writing, Reading and Publishing, Barney Fife, Becky Clark, Bob Hope, Charley Weaver, Cliff Arquette, David Arquette, Dean Martin

Lonesome George The Childfree Tortoise.2 comments

Carrie Burrows wrote 8 months ago: Lonesome George is the most famous Giant Galapagos Tortoise in the world. He lives in a wildlife par … more →

Tags: Zoos, animals, People, Tortoises, Conservation, Galapagos Islands, Pinta Island, Charles Darwin Research Station, richard gere

How the media works4 comments

markelt wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday, Prince Charles visited the Galapagos Islands. This is how the Times reported it.  Prince … more →

Tags: media

And here I thought *I* loved shoes....3 comments

woolverine wrote 9 months ago: And I dig turtles too.  But this is kind of train-wreck-can’t-tear-your-eyes-away weird.  Did … more →

Tags: observations, Queerio, surprises, fun facts, Science, Misc, Nature, some people have problems, Pets


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