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Almost Immediately upon arrival in Santa Cruz Foss
fell victim to the Darwin Bug (specially evolved to infect yachties)
that Erik had caught in San Cristobal. This meant that although we spent
over a week here we didn't see much. |
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The Darwin centre with lots of the endemic species
including this tree-like cactus
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Baby Tortoise soup?
Every year eggs are collected on each island and the young are returned
to their homes after 4 years when they are reasonably safe from
predators.
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| Hiding in the bushes is Lonesome George, the only survivor
from the island of Pinta. The centre is trying to persuade him to breed
with 2 females from Isabela who have some of his genes but he isn't
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Some of the older females
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Bath time
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Taking a bit of a dislike to Erik
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Apart from the Darwin centre visit we were reduced to
photographing whatever came to visit us. In this case a Noddy Tern |
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Better luck at ISABELA |
