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Monthly Archives: August 2012
A new scientific mind to travel the Galapagos
Galapagos cruises didn’t exist in the days of Albert Einstein… Darwin had already pinpointed them for the Scientific Community, but still… who knows how much a physicist truly enjoys the physical world to go out exploring it… in any case, … Continue reading
A word on Galapagos sea lions and fur seals
Galapagos Islands tours offer the chance to see two spectacular endangered island mammals, the Galapagos fur seal and the Galapagos sea lion. Both of these species are major attractions of the islands, and a Galapagos cruise, as opposed to a … Continue reading
The Iguana Thief
A Galapagos tour paraded German-born Dirk Bender around the Galapagos Islands, innocently showing him thousands of iguanas. Iguanas are probably the easiest reptiles to encounter here. It is absolutely 100% guaranteed that on any given Galapagos Cruise, you will get … Continue reading
What would be of “Evolution” without the Galapagos Islands?
I don’t say it. Everyone does… How true it is, of course, is a matter of ideas and opinions, but I’ll say it as many others have said it before (most of which are much more qualified than I to … Continue reading
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A Brief History of Human Migration to the Galapagos
By 1800 no human had lived on the Galapagos Islands for more than a few months. At least that’s what our historical knowledge tells us. Some have thought that Inca and pre-Incan castaways may have had to endure life in … Continue reading