🐢 Island Animals
🦜 Famous Creatures
🌋 Nature & Geography
🐠 Ocean Life
🌎 Fun Facts
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These slow reptiles with shells are famous in the Galápagos.
giant tortoises
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This black-and-white bird cannot fly.
Galápagos penguin
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The Galápagos are a group of these surrounded by water.
islands
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These playful mammals bark and swim near the shores.
sea lions
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The Galápagos Islands belong to this South American country.
Ecuador
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These marine reptiles can swim in the ocean and eat algae.
marine iguanas
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Charles Darwin studied these birds with different beaks.
finches
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Many of the islands were formed by these erupting mountains.
volcanoes
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These gentle giants are the largest animals in the ocean.
whales
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The islands are located in this ocean.
Pacific Ocean
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This bird has blue feet used in a funny mating dance.
the blue-footed booby
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This reptile is known for blending into its surroundings.
chameleon
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Hot melted rock coming from a volcano is called this.
lava
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These fish have flat bodies and long tails and glide through water.
stingrays
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The Galápagos are famous because animals there are very what?
unique
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These birds are known for stealing food from other birds.
frigatebirds
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This scientist visited the islands in 1835.
Charles Darwin
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Black rock formed from cooled lava is called this.
basalt
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These large fish are harmless and spotted.
whale sharks
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Many animals on the islands are found nowhere else in the world. What is this called?
endemic
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These crabs are bright red and often seen on the rocks.
Sally Lightfoot crabs
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Darwin’s studies helped develop this famous scientific idea.
evolution
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The Galápagos sit near this invisible line around Earth.
The equator
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These mammals must come to the surface to breathe air.
dolphins
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Tourists often travel to the islands by this type of boat trip.
a cruise