When I visited the Galapagos Islands a few years in the past, members of our group loved strolling alongside a black sand seaside and wading out into the cool ocean water. But we have been hesitant to wade out too far, as a result of we had been informed the world had a sturdy inhabitants of hammerhead sharks.
And whereas we have been assured the sharks have been principally innocent, nobody wished to remain within the water very lengthy.
We have been additionally knowledgeable that generally whale sharks visited the world. These light giants can develop as much as 65 toes lengthy and weigh as much as 50,000 kilos. While they’re filter feeders and dine totally on plankton, nobody wished to threat being swallowed of their gaping mouth, so we stayed totally on the seaside.
While on Santa Cruz Island, we noticed the well-known Galapagos tortoises within the wild and likewise noticed a captive tortoise which was by far the star attraction — Lonesome George.
Lonesome George was stored in a big pen and nicely cared for. His keepers introduced in a number of feminine tortoises in hopes of breeding extra big tortoises. But Lonesome George simply ignored all of the females and ate his lettuce leaves.
Another attraction of the islands have been the marine iguanas, particularly on Isabela Island. The ones we noticed have been all grey and black, however I used to be informed there’s an occasional pink iguana.
Rangers on the Santa Cruz park headquarters are at the moment looking the island hills for an acceptable male to hook up with an enormous feminine tortoise penned up and awaiting a mate. The feminine’s title is Fernanda.
I hope they’ve extra luck than they did with Lonesome George.
When I visited the Galapagos, the animals and avian life have been fairly unafraid of people. You may stroll round and the bluefooted boobies would simply appear a bit inquisitive about you. I’m glad I noticed the place earlier than local weather change, habitat loss and rodent introduction modified issues for the more severe.
And I’m particularly glad I noticed Lonesome George.
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