Comments on: George, you old dog, you...

George, you old dog, you...

allkindsoftime — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:50:36 -0800

Meet Lonesome George. George is the last known remaining Pinta Island Tortoise. That's pretty lonely. He's also, according to some, the most famous reptile in the world. via. But there's good news: George might be a dad!

By: kliuless

kliuless — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:56:57 -0800

i know he's a tortoise but he's still...

By: an egg

an egg — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:08:37 -0800

I found his son.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:32:12 -0800

Awww. I visited George last December... he's actually rather spry for a 90 year old tortoise.

By: threeturtles

threeturtles — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:46 -0800

I love this post. I had never heard of George before. Now I'll be cheering on his tortoise-y sexcapades.

By: imperium

imperium — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:43:58 -0800

Title flagged as species-inaccurate. No, seriously, good for you, George. I'm glad to see that rare-tortoise-sex is going on.

By: ...possums

...possums — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:49:31 -0800

But does he attack cats?

By: m0nm0n

m0nm0n — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:11 -0800

Does he eat giant strawberries?

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:28 -0800

I guess the turtle finally went all the way down.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:55:19 -0800

Awww, Georgie. Do you want your wickle tummy wubbed? Do you? Do you? Yes you do! Oh yes you do!

By: jfuller

jfuller — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:58:07 -0800

> George appears to have broken out of his solitude fuller queues up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doing "Coming out of our shells."

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:03:03 -0800

One US travel agency now advertises George as "the world's oldest living gay turtle". Phew! He just barely beat out Elton John for that one!

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:13:05 -0800

George, estimated to be between 60 and 90 years old, is just now in his sexual prime... McCain/George '08

By: amyms

amyms — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:40 -0800

George, estimated to be between 60 and 90 years old, is just now in his sexual prime Does this mean that 60-90 years old is like teenagerhood for male tortoises? He'll live to be 1000 years old at that rate. Good for you, George!

By: Skwirl

Skwirl — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:26:41 -0800

Wow, I had no idea this morning that I would read a story about tortoise ejaculate and that it would totally make my day.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:45 -0800

When I first heard about George I found the idea of being the last of one's species to be just unspeakably sad. Good on him for getting some tortoise nookie. Hopefully there will be babies in the future.

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:15:13 -0800

OldJokeFilter:How do tortoises make love? IN *unbearably long pause* OUT *unbearably long pause* IN etc.

By: localroger

localroger — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:28:44 -0800

pjern, I have seen the tortoises at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans getting it on, and that's not a joke, it's an accurate description. They also huff very loudly during the INs and OUTs.

By: waldo

waldo — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:41:49 -0800

We had a profile of Lonesome George in a web-only article accompanying the Fall 2006 issue of VQR. I'd never heard of the big guy, either, until we ran that article.

By: NikitaNikita

NikitaNikita — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:32:00 -0800

I read that location as "Pinata Island" at first. (how'd i get so addicted to that freeking game, anyway?)

By: NikitaNikita

NikitaNikita — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:56 -0800

Oh, and, here's some giant tortoise sex with audio. (sorta NSFW) And, here's a smaller tortoise with his rubber friend. (this could be awkward to watch at work too) And, this is the first video I watched a while back which first turned me on (err...) to turtle mating videos. (The vid title is stupid. your coworkers might give you looks.) You can watch this tortoise at work though, cos it's fricking adorable.

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:52:07 -0800

Metafilter: your one-stop shop for turtle-sex videos.

By: amarie

amarie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:52:56 -0800

Tortoise sex - at least the Burmese tortoise sex I once saw at the zoo where I used to work - is also accompanied by their shells grating together and occasional loud screeches. It was the only time I heard the tortoises make any noise at all, and the fastest I ever saw them move. It was still agonizing. It went on all afternoon, except for a few breaks when the male fell off and had to chase his mate into a corner again.

By: michlive

michlive — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:09:07 -0800

George looks as though he's got one heck of a wicked grin going on in that photo...

By: yellowbinder

yellowbinder — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:28:46 -0800

I visited George last summer, but there wasn't much to see. He was just sitting in his pond, retracted in his shell, pointedly ignoring the fly tortoise fillies suggestively munching grass right in front of him. If he has no interest in such fine tortoise trim, no one is to blame for his species' extinction but him.

By: ducky l'orange

ducky l'orange — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:33:48 -0800

I never met George, but my cousin did. She said he was charming.