New - George the tortoise

There are a lot of people who are out there to deliver the hard hitting facts. Important stories that throw aside the hum-drum of a slow news days in the 1970s. But when came across a gem of an article ending with the following line I was intruiged:
"After trying almost everything from artificial insemination to having George watch younger males mate, his keepers had nearly lost hope. At 90 years old George is in his sexual prime and his low libido even raised tabloid-like rumours the 198 pounds creature preferred other males."
George is a turtle (perhaps a gay tortoise?) He is the last of his kind. He is a galapagos tortoise, the type that Darwin looked at--and he is awesome. Also it amuses me that turtles are "in their sexual prime" at the age of 90.
Found in Pinta in 1971 after his species had been hunted to near extintion because of their delicious meat and their habitat was eaten by goats (no, really check the article) George is a rarity. Scientists hope that a similar nearby species will be a close enough match to help continue his line. Poor guy, maybe he just wants some nooky with his own species and not just a similar one. I for one never want to do it with a monkey, no matter how much monkey on monkey action some scientists make me watch.