Name: Diego the Tortoise Retires After Helping to Reproduce 2,000+ Baby Tortoises | The Daily Show
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For the Galápagos tortoises, numbers are an issue

they won't have to worry about for a while,

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A giant tortoise credited with saving a species

is being returned to its home in the wild.

is jokingly called a playboy, because he spent 40 years

When he started in the program, he was one of two males

WOMAN: Experts estimate 40% of those tortoises

Just look at him in the water there, huh?

And let this be a lesson to kids out there.

If someone tells you to go out and practice safe sex,

you tell them, "No, I want to be like Diego the (bleep) turtle!"

I've got to be honest. You know, when I first heard this story,

of those uncles in the hood that you'd hear about.

You know, where people would be chatting like,

"You heard how many kids Diego got? 2,000!

I heard he ran away to an island to avoid child support.

Also, I love how Diego is the hero of the story

and not the females, who actually gave birth

Now, look, jokes aside, Diego did help repopulate the species,

but he wasn't the only turtle responsible

Yeah, there was another turtle who helped Diego out,

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