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Galapagos marine iguana

Galapagos marine iguana

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 14th February 201906/13/2019
  • Animals, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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Marine iguanas feed on algae at low tide and can submerge up to 20 meters (60 feet) and spend more than 60 minutes underwater. They are descendants of land iguanas of South America. Marine iguanas can live for 25 to 30 years and can grow up to one-meter length. The Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

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The shell of giant tutles

The shell of the giant turtles of Galapagos could evolve to turn around by themselves

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 14th February 201906/13/2019
  • Animals, Galapagos Islands
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Researchers from the University of South Alabama (United States), the University of Oporto (Portugal), Yale University (United States) and the University of Montpellier (France) point out that a type of shell could evolve so that, falling on their backs, turtles could turn around and thus reduce the danger of death. The giant tortoises of Galapagos

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Giant turtles born after 100 years

The giant tortoises are born naturally after 100 years in the Galapagos Islands

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 14th February 201906/13/2019
  • Animals, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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The giant tortoises of Galapagos Islands were in danger of extinction, but Danny Rueda – head of ecosystems- decided in 2012 to take some protective measures, so that the giant tortoises can reproduce and the eggs fulfill the cycle of life. How did they manage to be born? First of all the problem had to

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