BIG NEWS~! READ ALL ABOUT IT~! Lonesome George FINALLY got frisky and mated with a similar species~! WOO HOO~! He might not be so lonesome after all…now all we gotta do is wait to see if the eggs are fertilized…
Check out the details here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_galapagos_george;_ylt=AngC6UH8NR7R.91HSq_gyCvtiBIF
Some of you have probably heard of this old fellow named Lonesome George. This fine old fellow is the rarest reptile in the world and there’s a reason for this…he is the only one left (hence the name Lonesome George, genius…). He is also known as the Pinta Giant Tortoise and scientifically known as Geochelone abingdoni. This guy is a heavyweight man…88kg and 102cm in length~! He is also one of the smaller species…size is relative on Galapagos. He is roughly 60~90 years old. Darwin probably met his parents…
The reason why this fellow is left alone is no surprise…tortoise hunting for meat. Also, some dumb fuck introduced goats on Pinta Island (one of the Galapagos islands). In case you’re wondering what have goats got to do with their massive demise, goats ate all their veggies…
So anyways, I thought I’d just give you readers a glimpse of this wonderful reptile… 
A year long campaign (February 2008 ~ February 2009) has been launched by University Malaysia Terengganu to encourage people NOT to eat turtle and terrapin eggs. It is so un-cool to even think of eating them. I heard it tastes like sand. Why would anyone want to eat something that tastes like sand?! Gila ar?
Kesian the small fellas la… First, before born already got predators like biawak and musang go raid the nest. Then, if hatched already, must crawl fast fast to the sea. On the way, get attacked by birds. Reach the sea, get attacked by predator fish and other big ass sea creatures. As if their life is not hard enough, here come the dumb-ass homo sapiens (humans…duh) who think “Aiyah…everyday eat chicken egg, duck egg, goose egg, quail egg…boring la. Eh? What that thing on the beach? HEY~! I found new type of egg~! Looks like ping pong ball and tastes like sand but who cares? I can sell this to other dumb-ass people like me and make lots of money~! I can even persuade the government to make eating turtle eggs part of a tourism gimmick…How cool is that?”. And thus, our poor young fellas don’t even stand a chance.
So, it’s time to stop being a dumb-ass homo sapien. You can do so by pledging to NOT eat turtle or terrapin eggs for the rest of your life. Simple economics la…no demand mar no business for selling eggs lo. As Jackie Chan would say, “When the buying stops, the killing can too”.
The target is to have at least 1 million Malaysians to sign a pledge to NOT eat turtle or terrapin eggs for the rest of their life. A “Turtle Ambassador” like me, will approach the public (for my case, family and friends) to sign the forms presented to them. You can also send an email to turtle@umt.edu.my with the message “I pledge NOT to eat turtle or terrapin eggs for the rest of my life” together with your full name and MyKad number (for authentication purposes). Another alternative is to fill in an online form at: http://www.umt.edu.my/turtle/?p=18.
Nuff said. Go forth and save our turtles~!
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