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. A single snail living alone in a special lab until New Year’s Day.

By Robbie Dingeman

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The rare 14-year-old land snail known as Lonesome George had been living in a special lab run by the University of Hawai‘i since 1997.

The Achatinella apexfulva was the first of more than 750 species of land snails from the Hawaiian Islands described in western science, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Scientists said Lonesome George died on New Year’s Day. He was part of a July 2017 feature story in HONOLULU Magazine about efforts to preserve rare land snails from extinction.

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