by galapagoscruises — published on January 16th, 2009
Being a biologist like me, wouldn’t you love as well to find a new species and name it after yourself?
Then you reckon: gosh, therefore I need to go to a place where no men went before and spend weeks and weeks trying to find something that maybe doesn’t exist…
Well, all but true! Look at the new pink iguana found at one of the most explored Galapagos islands: Isabela Island.
Just imagine: in 1986 Galapagos park rangers did spot pink and black stripes on some of the iguanas: thinking the stripes were just stains.
You need to think outside the box! It’s not because Darwin didn’t see them in 1835, that you wouldn’t be able to spot them and to classify them as new species! Darwin never explored Isabela Island’s Wolf Volcano in the first place: exactly the spot to find these few rare pink iguanas.
According to scientists, this pink iguana is older than and likely the predecessor of the other iguanas found on Galapagos. They date back more than 5 million years.
Just imagine: the pink iguana is on this planet more than 5 million years, Galapagos cruises are aplenty and still only today the pick iguana gets discovered!
I need to go back to Galapagos and have a better look as well! Anything I have never seen in any book, I will claim as a new species!
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by galapagoscruises — published on January 2nd, 2009
After visiting Rabida Galapagos, our Galapagos island holiday took us to Bartolome Island.
This is a very popular Galapagos cruise destination but it is worthwhile a visit.
Especially if you love snorkeling and sea-life like we do, Bartolome Island is paradise.
Penguins are just shooting next to you and the sea lions are so curious, that they come to you instead of you having to look for them once you are in the water.
It’s wonderful how these sea creatures were playing with us and with our flippers.
Make sure to bring a disposable underwater camera when you plan your Galapagos island holiday: it’s well worth your while when you love snorkeling!
At the end of the afternoon, we climbed the Bartolome island volcano, saw a huge Galapagos snake on the way and admired to view on top of the Bartolome island volcano admiring Pinnacle rock and Sullivan Bay.
Pinnacle rock sticking out in the middle-right
We had a lovely dinner on our little Galapagos cruise ship and headed from Bartolome Island for a night’s travel to Genovesa Island. (see our next post)
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