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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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(I helped save b3ta! The Silent Channel is getting his recommended 5-a-day, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 12:28, archived)
# I read about poor old George...
V. sad.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, 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...
(I helped save b3ta! The Silent Channel is getting his recommended 5-a-day, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 12:37, archived)
# ^This
Extinction is forever.

So long George and your species
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, 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.
(Honourable Member is upstanding, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:04, archived)
# That's just being pedantic
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:32, archived)
# Not to Galápagos tortoises it isn't
(Honourable Member is upstanding, Mon 25 Jun 2012, 14:49, archived)