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The Galapagos Islands

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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The Galapagos

Tough place to visit. Tough place to live.

Where are the islands?

Photo by Mel Toledo

How did they form?

Photo by Schristia

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Photo by Scot Nelson

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Cool animals and plants

(how did they get there though?)
Photo by Scott McLeod

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Photo by VinothChandar

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Photo by Ryan Somma

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Photo by jeffk42

How long would the trip take?

(by jet plane it took 2 hours...)
Photo by Mark Sardella

Who made the trip?

  • birds
  • insects
  • lizards and reptiles
Photo by Gemma Stiles

So no mammals?

Adapt or...DIE

Photo by daniel.stark

A tough place to live

Life forms had to change to survive

You need to specialize

like the lava cactus

...or like the lava cactus finch

Galapagos

we spent a week
Photo by helixblue

The Amazon

we also spent a week
Photo by simononly

The Rainforest

  • more plants
  • more animals
  • more food
  • more variety
  • (more predators)
  • ...than anywhere else in the world!

Where would you rather live?

Where would it be nicer? Easier?
Photo by Scott McLeod