On New Year’s Day, a little land snail named George died in his terrarium at the University of Hawaii. George (snail) Language; Watch; Edit; George (c. 2005 – January 1, 2019) was a snail of the species Achatinella apexfulva, and the last known individual of his species.

As it happens, George was a hermaphrodite, but it seems that two snails of Achatinella apexfulva are required to produce offspring. George, a Hawaiian tree snail—and the last known member of the species Achatinella apexfulva—died on New Year’s Day. As it happens, George was a hermaphrodite, but it seems that two snails of Achatinella apexfulva are required to produce offspring. RIP, Lonesome George: The Last Known Hawaiian Land Snail Has Died The tiny creature was called Lonesome George because he was the last of his kind. Unlike the other tortoises in the center however, George became severely overweight. George was born in a captive breeding facility at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in the early 2000s, and soon after, the rest of his kin died. He is survived by none. Lonesome George was in relatively good health and his age was estimated at over 100 years old at the time of his passing. The Hawaiian tree snail, known as Lonesome George, was the last of his species, says the post. He died on New Year’s Day.

George the tortoise, known as Lonesome George, died in 2012. George the snail, named after the Pinta Island tortoise Lonesome George, never lived in a forest, being born in captivity and growing up in a lab. George the tree snail (Achatinella apexfulva) died on January 1, 2019, at the age of 14.He was the last snail of his species, and is emblematic of the loss of native Hawaiian mollusks.

He was 14, which is quite old for a snail of his kind. George was approximately 14 years old. Lonely George was named after Lonesome George, the famous Pinta Island tortoise who was the last of his species before his death in the Galapagos Islands in 2012. George the snail, named after the Pinta Island tortoise Lonesome George, never lived in a forest, being born in captivity and growing up in a lab. The beloved and rare snail, who is named after the Pinta Island tortoise "Lonesome George," was a local celebrity — mostly among children. The American media began to refer to the tortoise as Lonesome George – after George Gobel, a TV comedian, who had become known himself as Lonesome George. The snail was named for the Pinta Island Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George, who was also the last of his kind when he died in 2012. The name stuck. His namesake was in homage to the famous Pinta Island Galapagos tortoise known as Lonesome George, the last of his kind. Lonesome George, the last known member a rare Hawaiian tree snail, species Achatinella apexfulva, died on New Year’s Day on Oahu, but populations of other rare species are growing, thanks to conservation efforts by the state of Hawaii and the Honolulu Zoo.