"Lonesome George?" Chu Zihang said. "I've read about it. Books call it the loneliest animal in the world."
Chu Zihang had read about it in an obscure popular science magazine. One of his strengths was that he never fussed over what he read; no matter the book, he would read it word for word from the first page to the last. He still remembered the description of the Pinta Island tortoise named "George."
The Galapagos Islands in South America had once been the habitat of giant tortoises, the largest land-dwelling tortoises on Earth. Their average weight far exceeded that of an adult human, and they could grow up to two meters long. These clumsy giants had lived on the islands free from worldly strife—until sailors happened to pass by and carried the defenseless creatures aboard as food supplies.
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