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Title: Sich eine kleine Insel zulegen sie über Jahrzehnte...
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Date: 2012-05-02 09:25
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Author: marvin
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Category: Uncategorized
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Tags: animals, brendongrimshaw, fernweh, nature
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Slug: sich-eine-kleine-insel-zulegen-sie-uber-jahrzehnte
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Sich eine kleine Insel zulegen, sie über Jahrzehnte hegen und pflegen,
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Riesenschildkröten züchten und dort zum großteil alleine leben. All das
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macht der 86 Jahre alte Brendon Grimshaw. Ein Lebenstraum...
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> Brendon Grimshaw purchased the island for £8,000 in 1962[1] and set
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> about making the island habitable. He did this with the help of one
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> other man, Rene Antoine Lafortune. They operate the island as a nature
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> reserve, charging visitors €12 to come ashore, roam the island, dine
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> at the "Jolly Roger" restaurant and relax on the beach. Grimshaw and
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> his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees, built 4,8 kilometers of
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> nature paths, and brought and bred giant land tortoises, creating an
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> island of incredible beauty now worth 34 million Euros. Apart from a
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> wide variety of plant and bird life, the island is home to over 100
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> land tortoises. The eldest, Desmond, is 76 years old according to
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> Grimshaw. He named the tortoise after his godson.
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- [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyenne_Island)
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{% youtube vdqTmBGcg3M %}
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([via](http://twentytwowords.com/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-his-island-reintroducing-indigenous-giant-tortoises/))
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