Some of the European butterflies that interest me live in a single alpine valley and the caterpillars only metamorphose into butterflies every other year. They are in terrible danger from climate destruction, pollution and simply not meeting another butterfly to breed – sometimes only about a dozen are flying at any one time.
Ah yes. I had forgotten about lonesome George. However, haven’t they found some cross bred tortoises that have a lot of the genes of George’s sub-species of tortoise. I think the trouble is that George is now too old to breed.
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laurenceharwood commented on :
Or if you want to range a bit further, here is a link to the top 10 endangered species in 2011:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6927330/Top-10-most-endangered-species-in-the-world.html
Some of the European butterflies that interest me live in a single alpine valley and the caterpillars only metamorphose into butterflies every other year. They are in terrible danger from climate destruction, pollution and simply not meeting another butterfly to breed – sometimes only about a dozen are flying at any one time.
susielynn commented on :
lonesome george, the last giant tortoise of his kind!
laurenceharwood commented on :
Ah yes. I had forgotten about lonesome George. However, haven’t they found some cross bred tortoises that have a lot of the genes of George’s sub-species of tortoise. I think the trouble is that George is now too old to breed.