last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George dies

Lonesome George was found in 1972 and had become a symbol of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, which attracted some 180,000 visitors last year.

George was believed to be around 100 years old and the last member of a species of giant tortoise from La Pinta, one of the smallest islands in the Galapagos, the Galapagos National Park said.

The giant Galapagos tortoises, which can live up to 200 years old, were among the species that helped Charles Darwin formulate his theory of evolution in the 19th century.

The pen where George lived was visited by thousands of tourists every year, who often had to scramble with each other to take pictures of one of the rarest creatures on Earth.

Between all that crappy news only this one was worth giving a shit so here it is. Simply me and you as a reader, we’re to be blamed. Just because for not realising Lonesome George won’t be the last news of extinct species as long as:

• we sit in front of the computer all the time
• we fill our minds with stupid gifs on tumblr
• we keep reading empty books such as Harry Potter, Twilight etc.
• we keep watching more Hollywood fiction such as Hunger Games, Avengers etc.
• we keep voting for ridiculous people to run our shitty governments
• simply as long as we don’t take action

Goodbye George.