Ladies and gentlemen, meet Diego the tortoise, legendary lover:
He's over 100 years old, but his sex life is the stuff of legend. Diego the Tortoise is quite the ladies' man, and his exploits have helped save his species from extinction.
Diego, a Galapagos giant tortoise, has fathered an estimated 800 offspring, almost single-handedly rebuilding the species' population on their native island, Espanola, the southernmost in the Galapagos Archipelago.
Diego originally found fame in the United States:
Diego was found at the San Diego Zoo -- hence his name -- after Chelonoidis hoodensis was identified as a species and an international campaign was launched to find more of the rare tortoises.
"We don't know exactly how or when he arrived in the United States. He must have been taken from Espanola sometime between 1900 and 1959 by a scientific expedition," said Tapia.
He arrived in the Galapagos Archipelago in 1976 and he’s been mating like mad ever since. You can read more about Diego and how he came to father a whopping 40% of the island's Chelonoidis hoodensis tortoises here.
[H/T Gizmodo]