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Lonesome George, the last surviving giant tortoise of Pinta Island in the Galapagos Islands, has died. Scientists say he was more than 100 years old.

Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say George, the only remaining member of his subspecies, was found dead by his long-term keeper.

The park said it was “unhappily surprised” to discover his charge “stretched out in the direction of his watering hole with no signs of life,” on Sunday.

A post-mortem examination will ascertain the cause of death; as old as he was by human standards, Lonesome George was not old for a giant