This 100 year-old tortoise has had so much sex he’s saved his species

He's been one busy boy...

One tortoise has saved his species from going extinct from having enough sex. The Galapagos tortoise species has been pulled back from the near brink of extinction, all thanks to one randy tortoise called Diego. According to indy100, Diego the tortoise is over 100 years old and has fathered over 800 tortoise babies. JAYSUS. He weighs in at almost 13 stone, measures in at a metre long and he is one big papa, standing at 1.5m tall. According to a specialist who works at Diego's home, Galapagos National Park, Diego has been spreading his seed all over the place.

"We did a genetic study and we discovered that he was the father of nearly 40 per cent of the offspring released into the wild on Espanola. I wouldn't say [the species] is in perfect health, because historical records show there probably used to be more than 5,000 tortoises on the island. But it's a population that's in pretty good shape - and growing, which is the most important."

Who ever said tortoises were slow?