Experts Hope Giant Tortoise Eggs Will Hatch

[c43939]

Did they hatch please reply!?

[hellagunner1]

give him viagra =x

[BIGBOY10395]

damn George is a Pimp !! he get bitches !!

[maximum411]

They should have just left them in the ground instead of removing them for incubation- humans often have trouble perfectly replicating natural conditions. Just let nature take its course.

[TyrantSchnauzer]

give him some viagra

[kratoso7man]

Go George!

You can do it!

[MrColly1994]

PLAYER!!!

[totallynothere]

you all have such a poetic way of saying things... I hope some of the eggs live, and george is encouraged to keep procreating. :) Come on george, your species is in need!

[DynamiteStudios09]

you should put human dna in the eggs and make Teenage Mutatnt Ninja Turtles! and same with the a mouse and have some guy with claws try to stop them but epicly fails

[killerlawnfamingo2]

@DynamiteStudios09 worst idea EVER

[DynamiteStudios09]

@killerlawnfamingo2 it was my brother, smart one he's like nine so give him a break

[TechnologyGod]

Just put them in the sewers of New York, "Hero's in a half shell; turtle power"!

[lugnuts299]

ITS KAZOOIE!!!!!!!!

[jjstiphens]

bang em george!!! your the luckiest tortoise alive!!! all you gotta do is fuck till you die

[xchris109x]

Conservation efforts beginning in the 20th century have resulted in thousands of captive-bred juveniles being released onto their home islands, and it is estimated that numbers exceeded 19,000 at the start of the 21st century. Despite this rebound, the species as a whole is classified as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

[djason4]

There are other techniques ... like cloning !

[RAndomJboy]

do turtle shells grow with the turtle??

[platinum243125]

@RAndomJboy Yes

[1997xboxgamer]

@prashantineigi007

[prashantnegi007]

0:28

dadadadadada...dadada

what kind of language does he speak ???!!!

[bloodydeath808]

stop fucking with it!!

[TATEORTOT32]

so.... did they hatch?

[AJaintedMan]

Lonesome George is the tortoise version of Hugh Hefner. Lol.

[pac6010]

The problem here is the people trying to hatch there animals aren't reptile breeders, give a person with money to be made a pair and they will have the population tripled in a year lol.

[portalkid1]

Tortoises don't lay eggs in vermiculite. They use dirt!!!!

[CoolBoyz72]

I think they should have leave the eggs alone in the first place

[CSSmegaBGplayer]

Come on george You can do it.

[TheMandarklaughs]

why didn't they collect the semen from george and place them into a female?... it's 2011 god dammit

[igotsachubby]

how can 20% of 11 eggs hatch... that's 2.2 eggs

[codeythesilent]

Did they ever hatch?

[gavidia1991]

seoriusly, u need to shut up already. this people are professionals and know more about this animals than any of u. just cause they pik the eggs up a couple of times t

[gavidia1991]

swe

[ChubbiestBug]

there TORTOISES, not turtles, turtles come out of the ocean and tortoises live on land!

[wildlife455]

@ChubbiestBug NO! these are tortoises but turtles can live on land or in any body of water

[ChubbiestBug]

@wildlife455 thats what i said there are tortoises, but turtles do live in the ocean

[ClassyTurtles]

O.o

[mrrrloc]

GREAT SCOTT! It's Dr. Emmit Brown 0:44

[IVthehorde]

stop taking them out and holding them. You wouldn't disturb eggs in the wild why are you doing it in captivity, idiots.

[TheSlacky17]

i wonder what a turtle egg omelet would taste like....

[john17972]

Maybe they should have buried the eggs in sand.

[TheVJProduction]

pop him some viagra and put some turtle lingerie or corset on them females lmao!!!

[danandbaggyshow]

he needs some kenny g in the background and some soft lighting candles may work and for good measure offer baby oil and body paste,

[Kvokki]

Hi George!

[salmonella4everyone]

They should not have be holding and moving the eggs! and Lonesome George is not 70 he's about 100 years old.

[321Bizzare]

DID THEY HATCH?!

[SuperJenny123456]

Sooo did the eggs hatch ?? O-O

[MrLethalfire]

George is the hugh hefner of the turtle world

[albert222oon]

well some people make panda porn so why not make Giant Tortoise porn,if every days Giant Tortoise having fun look at that porn it will drive his sex life to hyper drive and more baby Giant Tortoise will be produce.

[skatedistrict238]

hes half way dead? that mutha fucka looks OLD!

[gvaletudo]

good boy george keep on banging those nice females

[jesse05ful]

@gvaletudo haha lol

[PolishExplorer]

Well they say he was 70 maybe there is still a chance for an egg to hatch in the foreseeable future and these turtles may live another 30 to 130 more years 100 to 200 years of age. Lets just hope they can live over a hundred years or more.

[MrRexable]

they are fucking stupid they should just leave the eggs alone and let momma turtle take care of them instead of people like them who think they now every thing

[nashx10]

I wanna break does eggs!!

[heynap]

did they end up hatching??

marker is fine for the eggs by the way, placing some sort of mark on the top helps to tell if the babies are moving on the inside so they don't flip themselves over and drown in yolk. its crazy they're handing the eggs when they're already so vulnerable to dying!

[LordDogz]

@heynap On July 21, 2008, it was reported that George had unexpectedly mated with one of his female companions. A total of thirteen eggs were collected and placed in incubators.[6] However, on November 11, 2008, The Charles Darwin Foundation reported that 80% of the eggs showed weight loss characteristic of being inviable.[6][7] To the disappointment of the Darwin Center, by December 2008 the remaining eggs had failed to hatch and x-rays showed them to be inviable.

[LordDogz]

@heynap On 21 July 2009, exactly one year after first announcing George had mated, the Galápagos National Park announced that a second clutch of five eggs had been laid by one of George's female companions.The park authority expressed its hope for the second clutch of eggs, which it described as being in perfect condition, saying: "Now we have to wait for the incubation period of 120 days to find out whether they are fertile".

[LordDogz]

@heynap UNFORTUNATELY, The eggs were moved to an incubator, but on December 16, it was announced that the incubation period had ended and the eggs were shown to be inviable, as were a second batch of 6 eggs laid by the other female.

[Bloodshotbuddah]

I don't understand something. How hard would it be to take sperm from the male (either through stimulation or otherwise) and just inject it into the female.

Considering its rare they ever do mate it would certainly make the process go a whole lot faster.

[Dafnyan]

omg wtf my turtle egg hatched in a tea cup with a lot of napkins and near of a warm place, and the egg hatched! I didnt expose it to the air or touched it, and the turtle is fine and healthy, yeah it took a lot of time but it worked, : / geez they are playing and exposing to the air the eggs too much, geez

[october172008]

GEORGE....BUT WILL IT BLEND?

[reptiboi]

this is great that they are trying to save the species!

:)

[SunnasChariot]

And of course, the preceding commercial is for Red Lobster Restaurant...

[stormcloud7999]

ok so we get the sperm outta ole goerge there and fertilize some eggs with it,..are we absolutely sure there are no other females of his kind? if there were in a perfect scenerio we could test tube them and ideally impregnate another tutrle mom with the offspring,..but then this isnt a perfect world. did the eggs hatch?

[niggerboy9001]

George's sperm must be weak as shit.

[cArli3lmin]

if some of the eggs have fungus seperate them from the others so the rest of the eggs dnt get it!

[shahzaamm3]

fuck claude stupid advertisments

[luiscoriano1]

gorge:Those babies arnt mine bitch.lol jk i hope those eggs hatch

[Paintballer6432]

umm.. mybe its just me... but if ur playing with the eggs mybe they wont do whats natural cause in the wild some dumbass wite guy doesnt just pick them up and be like.. woo egg yum! like cmon let the damn eggs hatch the way you should and move on with your life.

[old16tattoo]

did they handle those eggs enough who cares if they hatch as long as ya show em off and take some pics right. EXPERTS HOPE THE PICS DEVELOPE SINCE THE EGGS DIDNT

[zacywacytheboxer]

he is rare and the eggs are thought to carry his genes so they pick them up move them draw on them and turn them about?! and they wonder y they are dieing -_-

[coldhearted999]

does these turtles go to water?

[MriBackup]

@coldhearted999 To drink

[irishbreakfast]

yeahwtf! dont handle them and expose them to air and turn and move them! what are they crazy???i dont care if the pope wants to see them,he can see them after they hatch!!holy crap!this species is screwed at the hands of these morons!!their medium wasnt sterile.it was too moist and not hot enough,and the eggs were left partially exposed! aw man! give ME six of those eggs,and ill do a better job in my 35gal tank than these yo-yos!

[noralopez100]

WAT THE FUCK THEY ARE KILLING THE EGGS DID YOU SEE THE MARKER ON THE SHELL OF THE EGG THE PAINT GOES INSIDE THE EGG AND KILLS THEM!!!!!!!!SCREW THEM FOR WRITTING ON THE POOR EGGS!!!

[DraconiusMeenahoshi]

Hrm rare eggs... yes lets take them out of incubation numerrous times so we can check on them and pet them and weigh them and stress thoes poor eggs out hes gona die before he sees grand kids if you guys keep that up!

[themartypop]

its tortoise not turtle!!!!

[TheSnyx]

the eggs must have been in the womb for decades...

[quietlymocking]

Yes when you constantly move, hold, and weigh eggs, they may become distressed...

[1nerdykid]

@quietlymocking Thousands of sea turtle eggs are dug out of their nest, put in a bag, and transferred to another safe nest, and they turn out fine. Please stop putting people down

[LPreview]

shouldnt be hard for him to mate he got a penis head 

[CelesteStorywriter]

Clone.

Clone.

CLOOONE.

I don't give a shit if people run around with picket signs saying 'CLONING IS AN ABOMINATION.' It's our fault the tortoise is going extinct at all; WE MUST FIX IT. And cloning is our only fucking option right now with this species. DO IT.

[lolM3GAN]

@CelesteStorywriter Cloning has a high failure rate.. they'd be more likely to run out of turtles to clone. x|

[doomfullord]

@lolM3GAN We have been able to "build" the DNA of a simple bacteria, so in the future, we may be able to clone a giant tortoise. So all we need is the DNA pattern, then we can clone the tortoise.

[jamtodd36]

@CelesteStorywriter i couldnt agree more. why cant there be laws that make exceptions in cases like georges.

[TheBoaConstrictor95]

STOP CALLING IT A TURTLE! My God, do these people seriously not know the difference between a turtle & a tortoise?

[jdawg1692]

George is GAY!!!

[HermannTortoise]

Meet Lonesome George the virginbut not anymore

[HermannTortoise]

Meet Lonesome George the virgin

[animalkid1236]

i never herd of a man who doesent want to have sex

[Fallout3dude27]

get a female leapored tortise

george will be like let me fuck that shit right away

( i personally think leapored tortises are amazing pretty )

[kenziefc]

so this is what scientist do?

sit in front of eggs and wait?

and get paid??

[ajxme42]

@kenziefc i know right.... so were do they sign up?

[McDoniel]

did it hatch

[gr33nvisi0n]

@McDoniel nope :( and that was in 2006

this year (2010) they had new eggs, but they also didn't bring out life :(

seems like thats it for georges kind

[romeosafadi]

That dude in yellow sounded like a Crime Investigator. lol, they're just turtles man.

[Gunsmith420]

they are doing it wrong they have to leave the fungus on the egg

[ajxme42]

uh why not get the sperm from him and stick it in the... you know what

[EdIsSuperman]

@ajxme42 'cause scientists are too shy.

[wildlife011803]

this is from last yr & all the eegs became infertile so zey would not hatch but zer is some hope b/c r saying zer is a hyprid toriose whos is half of georges race & half the race of some other giant galapagos tortios subspecies at the prague zoo but it is a male but atleats zis gives more hope zat we can keep zis subspecies going just a bit longer b/c zey liv long lives & evan if its a hybrid they can breed zem 2 make zem pure pinta tortios by mating the siblingz with eachother wich sounds wierd

[Jubiejai]

omg Vodamorte

[boombang505]

gay george

[gamerz000]

I hope some of those eggs hatch. Atleast a part of his species will remain. Who knows what a few thousand years will do?

[movieduda]

george his kind is already dead, even a offspring can't save the genetic line, i wonder wat the hell they are trying to accomplish because it can't be to save his line fully..........

[piflan]

Get some George, get some.

[saveme2000]

the guy at 0:50 looks like a crack head

[sodaandjuice123]

just get him some cialis or viagra

[deathmaster38]

come on george fuck those girls man

[worldchangar]

the should clone lonesome geoarge

[worldchangar]

i want lonesome george eggs hatch

[radofzie]

I think I know how he feels.

When I played pokemon my eggs would like never hatch too.

[meWANTmelons]

@radofzie damn i noe how that feels damn togepi..hatch damn u

[UzumakiNarutoKun96]

so basiclly they try to make it have sex with a turtle for 35 years just cuz they got the same pattern... should not someone who actully are a scientist or atleast passed 9th grade take care of him?

[gabehDUH]

@UzumakiNarutoKun96 They would pick a tortoise with similar shell patterns because what distinguishes george as a a separate species from other similar tortoises are his patterns. Since there are no other females with his exact pattern a female from a other species but with similar patterns can produce young that look for like george's species.

I only know this because because i googled it two weeks ago

And am now unfortunately addicted to this little sucker >.<

[IhateJonasBros100]

Wonder if any have hatched...

[maggokaggoerabbo]

nice 70 in the turtle age is only middle age xd

[Glosuraban]

poor old george, he's been sexually nagged for 35 years.

[kbd668]

if you look closely at the egg the guy is holding on the left, it is pulsing

[bboygrim043094]

@kbd668 wow wtf is that lol thats crazy

[seymark2]

do tortoise still have those tricks, anyone of you knew dart tortoise had best tricks in life... lol pranks and shyt..... story story

[TheBlockPro]

I would love if a dragon cam outta that :D

[razark9]

Hahahahaha xD

[GodofCider]

"...because the shell patterns looked similar." ??? Do a genetic test.

[Akirilus]

@GodofCider seriously :))))) this video is made for a moron public ''they look the same'' hah !

[khalidax]

@GodofCider it's a racist turtle, only his own kind will do...

[GodofCider]

@khalidax I don't see where you're going with this.

[McDoniel]

@GodofCider i know

[cptmuska]

@GodofCider there not the same tortus George is the last of his kind, a galapagos giant tortus. not justa giant tortus which are what the femals are.

[iwillavengeyou]

george, george, george of the jungle!

[TkzMist]

That might have been godzilla 0-0

[terminator0405]

belive it or not the IS a difference between turtles and tortoises!!! (sarcasm)

[monimstarfox]

take his blood and keep it until we can clone the bastard

[desireing1]

*years later* WHAT?! ITS A GIANT CHICKEN!

[csatari99]

CLONE THAT MOTHA FUCKA

[maciejwrotek]

@csatari99 maybe george needs some bush to procreate.

[superstormj]

@csatari99

Clones can't breed. That wouldn't help at all...

[CrossoverBeast]

@csatari99 NO WAY, YOU NIGGERBOY.

[niggerboy9001]

@CrossoverBeast wat

[warriorhero52]

@csatari99 That was funny. HAHAHAHA

[bendib2003]

@csatari99 LOOOOL

[godofwar078]

have the eggs hatched?

[AJPeals]

Thats a big turtle

[mota23100]

POOR GEORGE ,HE IS LONLEY

[mota23100]

NOT VERY LUCKY TO BE AN EGG .GROWING FUNGUS WIERD

[FreedomValentine]

Maybe George is gay.

[mitchthefearless]

godspeed.... tortise eggs.....godspeed

[MustangMarck]

Do you think George needs Viagra?

[flipxadoboxkanin]

he's probably still a virgin

[DaFawky]

@aleoparddragon6778 All of the eggs were infertile. But he's still sexually active so there might be a chance or something.

[XtremeDance10]

it could be that dna was minipulated in the past by annunaki/nephilims and since dna was changed u cant have an old human hybrid clone because its been changed. u would have to put it back to it's original atmosphere of nibiru

[kevn101]

looks like an old man .. dislike

[Jetgui22]

0:46 mixed hawkins and einstein..

[eddy8496]

Do artificial insemination!!! damit!!!

[kaguyazzzz]

this video is old the eggs were infertile and are dead.

[drpepper5001]

that face scared the shit out o fme since i was up at the screen

[axe11154]

wtf is wrong with you why did you take the eggs now he may think you'll take all his eggs good going guys hes dead now his kind is dead

[PupuTheClown]

Put me on that island, I'll get them females pregnant !

[davster1209]

@PupuTheClown realy I thought you need a male

[PupuTheClown]

,,I'm talking about my male pet Box turtle you igit !

[Imhappywithsanta]

lol its looks like the old turtle lady from big big world

[luiscoriano1]

hatch dame you

[Krounz44]

well, if they stop moving them around and touching them they might!

[Sweden2351]

is thare still hope??

[thefatwarrior1]

fucking hate ads love the little tortoise

[shadowluigia]

its not a turtle its a tortoise

[CannonakaONeill]

@shadowluigia its a Pinta Island Tortoise you berk

[DANNYROCK97]

0:46 Wat the hell is Doc doing there, we need to get back to the future!!!

[capcomchild]

lol hes stubboren :D

[Pablothe]

did they hatch?

[xxmeruldxx]

@Pablothe no none of the eggs hatched yet..

[cusanusnicolas]

That's awfully young. Harriet lived to 176.

[K2Tanner]

get on that turtle poon jorge.