The Pinta Island tortoise is the rarest animal in the world .

The Pinta Island tortoise is the rarest animal in the world .

There is ONLY ONE LEFT on Earth. His name is " Lonesome George  " . Lonesome George is the last member of the Pinta Island subspecies of Galapagos tortoises. He was discovered in 1972 , and brought to the Charles Darwin research station on the island of Santa Cruz . He is roughly 90 to 100 years old .