Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Certain animals our only in the galapagos

The Galapagos Tortoise (Testundinidae): You can't go to these islands without falling in love with these funny, pre-historic creatures. All turtles found on the islands belong to the group Geochelone elephantopus. They are divided into 14 sub-species (three of which are extinct), differentiated by the form and size of their shell as well as neck and extremities. Unfortunately, if they don't find a mate for Lonely George soon, there might be 4 extinct species.

http://www.galapaguide.com/islas_galapagos_fauna.htm

The Creatures evolved differently here and resulted in evidence appearing for Darwin.

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