Santa Cruz Island
It is always nice to come back to civilization; we are social creatures and we need to be related with some body in one way or another. Today we visited the headquarters of the Charles Darwin Station in Galápagos. This is the place where we have many different programs to protect the wild life and the fragile ecosystem not only of Ecuador but of the world.
The main attraction for our guests was to see the baby tortoises. Finding these small creatures walking around was very nice. They seem so fragile but at the same time are so strong to survive on this jagged terrain. We also had the most famous of the land tortoises here in Galápagos, Lonesome George. He became famous about thirty years ago when he was found walking alone in one of the islands of this archipelago. He is the last one of his species, and nowadays different scientists are trying to make him mate with a female tortoise. Nothing has happened yet, however he probably has another hundred years to keep trying.
Another group of tortoises that we have here is the one from Espanola Island. This program is very successful that from a number of only fourteen left, we now have more than 1,600 tortoises walking freely in their natural habitat. Today we were witnesses of a clear example of the sexual activity of these amazing reptiles.
It is always nice to come back to civilization; we are social creatures and we need to be related with some body in one way or another. Today we visited the headquarters of the Charles Darwin Station in Galápagos. This is the place where we have many different programs to protect the wild life and the fragile ecosystem not only of Ecuador but of the world.
The main attraction for our guests was to see the baby tortoises. Finding these small creatures walking around was very nice. They seem so fragile but at the same time are so strong to survive on this jagged terrain. We also had the most famous of the land tortoises here in Galápagos, Lonesome George. He became famous about thirty years ago when he was found walking alone in one of the islands of this archipelago. He is the last one of his species, and nowadays different scientists are trying to make him mate with a female tortoise. Nothing has happened yet, however he probably has another hundred years to keep trying.
Another group of tortoises that we have here is the one from Espanola Island. This program is very successful that from a number of only fourteen left, we now have more than 1,600 tortoises walking freely in their natural habitat. Today we were witnesses of a clear example of the sexual activity of these amazing reptiles.
