Fascinating Extinct Animals You’ll Wish Were Still Around

Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise

Wikipedia

The Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise was so named because of its odd flat shell that looked like a saddle. Naturally curious and unafraid of humans, they met their doom when our species took advantage of their friendly nature and ate the lot of them. The last one died out in around 1800.

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