The Last of His Kind

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  Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Saturday, April 9, 2011

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Day : 326
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Weather : Sunny with Rainy Showers






A very short blog today. We went to the Charles Darwin Centre to visit Solitary George and the giant tortoises. After yet another start at 5.30am for the sunrise we once again wandered to the fish market before heading to see the reptiles. Solitary George, or Lonesome George is so called because he is the last of kind in the world. Fishermen tradgically hunted the Pinta Island Tortoise to what they thought was extinction, until Lonesome George was found in 1972.  The 100 year old tortoise was brought to Santa Cruz island and to the Charles Darwin station where he lives today. He is the rarest animal on earth, and is a symbol of the catastrophic impact that human beings are having on the planet.

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Boats at sunrise	Sunrise	Sunrise	Sunrise
Sea lion basking in the early morning sun	Sea lions	Pelican early morning	Pelican
Pelican	Pelican	Pelican	Sea lion at the Fish Market
Sea lion and fish at the Fish Market	Heron	Fish Market	Fish
Marine Iguana and Heron	I'll try some Grouper today please!	Sea lion and Pelicans at the fish market	Sea lion and Pelicans
Sea lion at the Fish Market	Sea lion and Pelicans	Sea lion	Sea lion and Pelican
Views of Puerto Ayora	Boats, Puerto Ayora	Views Puerto Ayora	Fish and Pelican Shadow
Pelican shadow and fish	Pelican Shadows	Pelicans	Lonesome George
Giant Tortoises	Tortoise	Tortoise	Tortoise
Giant Tortoise	Giant Tortoise	Dom and Giant Tortoises	Giant Tortoise
Giant Tortoises	Giant Tortoises	Giant Tortoises	Land Iguana
Sunset	Sunset	Heron Silhouette	Dom and Mark at Renatos

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