英文短文:稀有象龟辞世终年100岁
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Lonesome George, believed to be the last of the Pinta giant tortoises, a sub-species of Galapagos tortoise, died in the Galapagos Islands, the Daily Mail reported.
据英国《每日邮报》报道,“孤独的乔治”在加拉帕戈斯群岛辞世。乔治是它所属加拉帕戈斯象龟的亚种——平塔巨龟的最后一只。
He was thought to be about 100 and had become an ambassador of sorts for the islands off the coast of Ecuador whose unique flora and fauna helped inspire Charles Darwin"s theories on evolution.
他大约100岁,是厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛的象征,该岛稀有的动植物对查尔斯 达尔文提出著名的进化论有很好的启发作用。
With no offspring and no other known members of his sub-species, he became famous as the world's rarest creature.
乔治没有生下任何后代,所属种群中也没有任何同类,它因如此稀有而世界闻名。
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