稀有象龟辞世终年100岁
<p><span word="Lonesome">Lonesome</span> <span word="George">George</span>, <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pinta">Pinta</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="tortoises">tortoises</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sub">sub</span>-<span word="species">species</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Galapagos">Galapagos</span> <span word="tortoise">tortoise</span>, <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Galapagos">Galapagos</span> <span word="Islands">Islands</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span> <span word="Mail">Mail</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p>据英国《每日邮报》报道，“孤独的乔治”在加拉帕戈斯群岛辞世。乔治是它所属加拉帕戈斯象龟的亚种——平塔巨龟的最后一只。</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="about">about</span> 100 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ambassador">ambassador</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sorts">sorts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ecuador">Ecuador</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="flora">flora</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fauna">fauna</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="inspire">inspire</span> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="Darwin">Darwin</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="theories">theories</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="evolution">evolution</span>.</p><p>他大约100岁，是厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛的象征，该岛稀有的动植物对查尔斯•达尔文提出著名的进化论有很好的启发作用。</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="offspring">offspring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="sub">sub</span>-<span word="species">species</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rarest">rarest</span> <span word="creature">creature</span>.</p><p>乔治没有生下任何后代，所属种群中也没有任何同类，它因如此稀有而世界闻名。</p>
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