158 juvenile giant tortoises were recently reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, where the local subspecies went extinct in the 1840s thanks to being easy pickings for sailors on long voyages to keep fresh meat at sea. Those sailors are lucky the Ninja Turtles weren’t around back then.

It marks a major step in a reintroduction program aimed at restoring a lineage that disappeared locally in the 19th century.

According to the environment ministry, genetic research enabled the breeding programme and will allow a phased return of tortoises based on technical criteria.

The release is also intended to lay the groundwork for reintroducing up to 12 endemic species considered locally extinct on the island.

Next stop: Jurassic Park. You know, it’s been 34 years since the book came out (31 since the movie) and we still don’t have any dinosaurs running around. What gives? And don’t even get me started on Back To The Future II. “The greatest lie ever told.” I only stuck around this long for hoverboards, dammit! Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis ought to be jailed for lying about the future so hard.