Kungabakho ithemba ngofudo lwaseGalápagos ekucingelwa ukuba alusekho, njengoko iingcali zifumene ufudo oluncinci olunxulumene nenxalenye yenyani, ngokweengxelo.
Iifudu ezincinci, u-Chelonoidis abingdonii, bekholelwa ukuba wabhubha ngo-2012, xa isilwanyana sokugqibela esiloluhlobo - esibizwa ngokuba ngu-Lonesome George - sasweleka, Iindaba zeNBC ixelwe . Ngelo xesha, uLonesome George wayeneminyaka engaphezu kwe-100 ubudala.
Nangona kunjalo, abaphandi eGalapagos Conservancy Inc., engenzi nzuzo eseVirginia, kutsha nje bafumanise ufudo olusetyhini olukholelwa ukuba luhambelana noLonesome George kunye nenzala ethe ngqo yendalo, inethiwekhi ixele. Isilwanyana safunyanwa ngexesha lohambo lweentsuku ezili-10 oluya eVolf Volcano kwisiqithi saseIsabela.
U-Lonesome uGeorge, ufudo oluyindoda iPinta Island U-Lonesome uGeorge yindoda engu-Pinta Island tortoise (i-Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii) | Ityala: COLLART Hervé / Sygma ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty){kind=link}
Siyavuya kakhulu kukufunyanwa, utshilo uJohannah Barry, umongameli weGalapagos Conservancy Iindaba zeNBC . Ziindaba ezimnandi kakhulu ezi.
Isiqithi sasePinta, ikhaya likaLonesome George, kwakukhe kwacingelwa ukuba sinentaphane yeentlanzi ezinkulu, kodwa iingcali zithi zatshabalala ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 ngenxa yokufunwa ngabantu, Iphephancwadi iSmithsonian ixelwe . Xa inkumba yebhayoloji yafumanisa uLonesome George ngo-1971, kwathiwa ngowokugqibela kwii-subspecies zakhe waziswa eCharles Darwin Research Station IGalapagos .
U-Lonesome uGeorge-engenguye osisithukuthezi kwakhona-wayehlala namaqabane amabini, kodwa amaqanda ali-13 awavelisileyo ayengafumani bantwana, ngokwe Iphephancwadi iSmithsonian .
Emva kokusweleka kwakhe kwizizathu zendalo (kuthathwa njengosemncinci ngenxa yeefinesi zakhe), umzimba kaLonesome George's taxidermy wabekwa kwindawo eMyuziyam yaseMelika yaseMelika yeMbali yeNdalo.
I-Lonesome George ayisiyiyo kuphela ufudo olukhulu olwenziweyo ngabaphandi ukuphinda bazalise iintlobo. NgoJanuwari, a Ufudo olukhulu ogama linguGeorge luthathe umhlala phantsi emva kokuchitha iminyaka encedisa ekubuyiseni iintlobo zakhe ukusuka kufudo olusindayo ukuya kwi-2 000.