George Was the Last of His Kind

Snails in Hawaii are disappearing faster than any animal on the planet. “This is happening so fast, it’s as if something really catastrophic is happening in the world right now," says scientist Dave Sischo, who is fighting to save Hawaii's snail populations.

[Roedygr]

It is sweet that someone cares about these snails and puts out real effort to preserve them.

[beefnoodles]

You can hear the sadness and the disappointment in his voice. 😢

[miriam]

The pain in his voice when he speaks about George hurts my heart.

[Name-owdb]

Just like the Last Albino Rhino

"He survived for 1000 years in the wild, but couldn't survive 1000 years in Civilization.

[jonarhax]

Imagine being the last of your kind, and you're in the hands of those who care for you.

[meloniejen]

Imagine being in a room with the last of a certain species in the entire world...

[hokhagae]

Just imagine the disappointment of accidently stepping on one of the last snails in the wild while searching for one

[Kobold]

Being able to point at a small room, and go "These are the last of several species of life, " is frightening.

[DarwinskiYT]

George: **in heaven** are they here?

God: are who here?

The rest of his species: Henderson!

[CIoudsky]

I hope those extinct animals are just hiding from humans

[cody]

Wow a entire species is only worth 1 researcher and 1 tiny coffee shop house to save the entire species?. So sad that this is how unimportant they are to humans

[holidayin]

It weird because there have been so many happy “snail eating cucumber” memes and then this video drops...

[zhubajie]

Yeh got to see George the Tortoise in the '90s during my honeymoon. He lasted longer than my marriage. :D But seriously, these are poignant reminders of the destruction of our ecosystem and denial of our impact.

[BNSHE]

Alien in 2079: George was the last human, i kept his skeleton to remind us how important other species are

[claytondavidson]

I always liked snails but. Never thought I'd ever get so emotional over them. This video almost made me cry.
When I heard him describe them as "Jewels of the forest", I was amazed. I'd never heard anyone describe a snail in that way.

[lesbianchihuahua]

I thought this would end on a happy note like " oh we managed to clone George!" Or something...
Nope! Just "doom, doom, doom, doom. Doom for the snails!" So sad.

[Miikhiel]

The entire time David S is speaking, all I can hear is this dull aching sadness, permeating through his words and actions. He’s seeing the change manifest before his eyes; the land is shifting and there does not seem to be a reason for it. He works tirelessly to preserve the last of the snails ilk despite knowing the uphill battle he fights. Maybe a part of him even recognizes the futility in their destruction.

His connection to nature is so genuine, so innocent— it’s beautiful. I wish I could give him a hug..

[najwanorizam]

Just imagine being the snail and didnt know u we're the last one...

[VOLAIRE]

0:08 “he died on New Year’s Day”
George didnt even wanna enter 2019 because of humanities nonsense

[nothanksnothanksisaid.]

George was like a father to me, I loved him like my son.






~We love you George~