Galapagos – Tortoises, Marine Iguanas and more….

Not much to be said about the tortoises that I haven’t already covered.  On Santa Cruz, in the Darwin Research Centre, there is a tortoise called Lonesome George.  He is so called because he is the last survivor of his species, as far as anyone knows.  Even if they found a female of his species, Lonesome George is 150 years old. Would he really be interested in all that at this hour of his life?  Anyway, I can’t tell you much about old George because we never made it to see him.  The day we went to the Darwin Research Centre in was 42 degrees with about 80% humidity. We walked 2K in this damp oven as far as the Centre only to find there was another kilometre to go to see George.  I wear factor 50 on land (85 at sea) and I was still frying, so I gave up.  If the temperature goes down to the low 30s I might give it another go.

 

Tortoise creche

 

The Marine Iguanas are for me the strangest creatures we’ve come across.  They live off algae that grow on rocks on the sea bed.  They dive down and feed for about 20 minutes before coming up for air.  Because they are eating under water they take in a certain amount of sea water so, when they come back on land they sit on the rocks or sand squirting salt out from a hole in the tops of their heads.  They are amazing climbers and I been standing on cliff tops about 30 meters above sea level when up pops a marine iguana having climbed the whole way.

Marine Iguana - Nesting area

 
 

Blending in - looks like a sculpture

 
 
Weird landscape – I had an even weirder photo but seem to have forgotten to copy to memory stick so can´t upload now.
 
Below are photos of a Marine Iguana nesting spot.  They dig holes in the sand and bury their eggs.  This in turn attracts the Frigate birds – aka Pirate birds.  They swoop down and steal the eggs. Luckily, the iguanas lay about 15 eggs so plenty to around.

 Also, in the nesting area we saw dozens of juvenile iguanas shading under a tree.

 
 
 

Some other birds etc….

 

 

Next stop is Isabella for a few days.  We have a trek booked, on horseback, to the crater of the 2nd largest volcano in the region. The most recent eruption was in 2005 and there is still steam coming out of it!! That will probably be my last blog from the Galapagos.

 

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    It is very sad about your dog, it must have been a blow to you and you’ll have further adjusting when you come home.
    Bridge trundles on, attendance bit patchy – waiting for you to return to keep us in line!
    Soon you’ll be off again, take care, be safe – am looking forward reading more. Regards
    Ros

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