France mourns an ageing lothario as tortoise dies, aged 146
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/06/french-mourn-tortoise-kiki
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Kiki, 250kg tortoise whose energetic lovemaking made him a favourite with the French public, succumbs to an infection.
Kiki, who arrived in the French capital as an exotic newcomer from the Seychelles in 1923, when his species was on the brink of extinction, was never slow to use that charisma to full effect.
According to Marie-Claude Bomsel, a vet at the zoo, he was so vigorous in his pursuit of female tortoises that his grunts could be heard from the other end of the zoo and the Jardin des Plantes
Kiki, who arrived in the French capital as an exotic newcomer from the Seychelles in 1923, when his species was on the brink of extinction, was never slow to use that charisma to full effect.
According to Marie-Claude Bomsel, a vet at the zoo, he was so vigorous in his pursuit of female tortoises that his grunts could be heard from the other end of the zoo and the Jardin des Plantes
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sophosthegreat
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What a guy!
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ThoughtNu
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Only 146 and helped enhance his species numbers.
So true, how the good die young ( wink)
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