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Is the loneliest animal on the planet at last to become a father at a grand old age? People around the world are keeping their fingers crossed. Again.

Lonesome George - listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the rarest living creature on planet Earth may be about to become a father for the first time at the ripe old age of ninety four (that is an estimate, but it is believed he is between ninety years and a century in age). As the world holds it breath as the eggs are incubated, let’s take a look at Lonesome George and his quest to reproduce.

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Woo hoo! Go Georgie ole boy!

They will know in November whether the eggs are viable or not.

Good luck George!

What a well written article, very charismatic.

Thanks for sharing.

Man, I hope so! They've tried to get him to mate with other turtles in the past, and it hasn't ever been a success. Hopefully this time it would be different, since he's like the most adorable giant tortoise ever! And I mean, there's only one Pinta left! What's up with that?????!!

Unfortunately, the eggs from George's female companions' clutches all turned out to be inviable.

Good luck to the conservationists, and George, for a future of baby-making.