Diego, the Galápagos tortoise with a species-saving sex drive, retires

Tue, Jun 16th 2020, 03:50 PM

Diego and 14 other male tortoises have returned to their native Española, one of Ecuador's Galápagos islands.

The tortoises were put out to pasture on Monday after decades of breeding in captivity on Santa Cruz Island.

The breeding programme was a success, producing more than 2,000 giant tortoises since it began in the 1960s.

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