Hello everyone!
Robinson Crusoe exists and he protects giant tortoises.
He is even 86 years old and his name is Brendon Grimshaw. The only difference with the fictional character is that he bought the island on which he lives instead of being stranded there.
The old man bought the island, located in the Indian Ocean, fifty years ago. In half a century, Grimshaw transformed what was at the time "a bush" into a natural park.
According to the octogenarian, only three other people would have lived on the small island called Moyenne where he is home to 120 giant tortoises. A species that had almost disappeared from the Seychelles at the beginning of the last century.
For the Minister of the Interior of the Seychelles, Brendon Grimshaw is "a naturalist, a philanthropist and a hard worker". The man lives in a small house that he built himself.
In front of the entrance, you can read a sign that says "respect the turtles, they are probably older than you". A way to invite the preservation of an ecosystem weakened by global warming and pollution.
Have a good day and good game ;)
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