Diego the Tortoise is quite the ladies’ man, and his exploits have helped save his species from extinction. Diego, a Galapagos giant tortoise, has fathered an estimated 800 offspring, almost single-handedly rebuilding the species’ population on their native island, Espanola, the southernmost in the Galapagos Archipelago. Diego is a Chelonoidis hoodensis, a species found in the wild only on Espanola. Diego lives at a tortoise breeding center on Santa Cruz Island, one of the largest in the Galapagos. Hopes for another threatened species, Chelonoidis abingdoni, faded when its last known survivor died in 2012 at more than 100 years old.

Source: New Strait Times September 14, 2016 03:11 UTC