Posted by: Izz
7:01am
Before being discovered by sailors, the Galapagos Islands were such a safe place for animals that many species grew like this short-eared owl and the famous land tortoises.
A Regular Helping of GREENS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
Posted by: Izz
Posted by: Dex
7:07am
Those sailors discovered that land tortoises could be kept alive on boats for up to a year, so they took them to use as food and now they're really endangered. Darwin Station on the Galapagos protects baby turtles for about five years — until their shells are strong enough to protect them from animals like rats.
Posted by: Izz
7:08am
I think the tortoises are ugly and beautiful at the same time.
