No, but tortoise have the same genetic principles. One individual just doesn’t have the genetic diversity to save the whole species from dying out, no matter how much he spreads his genes. It depends on species, but numbers range above 100 individuals at minimum.
If they don’t die out thanks to him, they die out the next few generations.
Diego’s ‘work’ to save his species started back in the 1960s, when there were only 14 wild tortoises - 2 male and 12 female - left on Espanola, the southernmost island in the Galapagos Archipelago and the only native habitat for the species.
Now, with roughly 2,000 captive-bred tortoises released into the wild, the species has rebounded, and it looks like Diego and his mates were largely responsible. Based on recent genetic studies, Diego has fathered roughly 40 percent of all those released.
That’s not how genetics works.
Are you a tortoise fertility specialist?
No, but tortoise have the same genetic principles. One individual just doesn’t have the genetic diversity to save the whole species from dying out, no matter how much he spreads his genes. It depends on species, but numbers range above 100 individuals at minimum.
If they don’t die out thanks to him, they die out the next few generations.
These guys live so long that in one of their generations, we’ll be able to clone more from the remains of dead specimens.
Life, uhhhhh… finds a way
It’s not ideal but it is definitely possible.
This is a just a meme but it doesn’t take any effort to verify it.
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