Galapagos tortoise; Geochelone elephantopus; Isla Santa Cruz; Indefatigable Island; Galapagos islands; Ecuador; South America; Charles Darwin Research Station; captivity; breeding; wildlife; nature; UNESCO
Galapagos tortoise; Geochelone elephantopus; Isla Santa Cruz; Indefatigable Island; Galapagos islands; Ecuador; South America; Charles Darwin Research Station; captivity; breeding; wildlife; nature; UNESCO
Galapagos tortoise; Geochelone elephantopus; Isla Santa Cruz; Indefatigable Island; Galapagos islands; Ecuador; South America; Charles Darwin Research Station; captivity; breeding; wildlife; nature; UNESCO
Giant Tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus, Galapagos islands, Charles Darwin, island species, evolution, scales, shell, scutes, large front legs, small head, Santa Cruz Island
Description
Wild Giant Tortoise on the island of Santa Cruz, Galapagos Island.
South America; Ecuador; Galapagos islands; Latin America; Americas; islands; nature; habitat; Darwin; wild; Latin; destination; adventure; Charles Darwin Foundation; Puerto Ayora; Santa Cruz Island; Charles Darwin Research Foundation; Abingdon Island; Pinta Island; Abingdon Island Tortoise; G. n. abingdoni; extinct in wild; herbivorous; turtle; Geochelone nigra; Geochelone elephantopus; lonely; survivor; species; wildlife; conservation; animal
Two giant tortoises (geochelone elephatopus) fight and jockey for position on the feeding pad at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
A giant tortoise (geochelone elephatopus) growls on the feeding pad at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
A giant tortoise (geochelone elephatopus) prepares for a charge towards food at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus, "Lonesome George" sole survivor, Pinta Island, rarest animal in world, breeding centre, Charles Darwin, evolution, island species, saddle shaped shell, Pacific Ocean, Research Station, Santa Cruz
Description
Close up of Lonesome Geeorge the sole survivor from Pinta Island.
A giant tortoise (geochelone elephatopus) looks up at the camera from within its enclosure at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
Two giant tortoise (geochelone elephatopus) battle for position on the feeding pad at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
A pair of giant tortoise (Geochelone Elephatopus) growl at each other on the 'feeding pad' at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
A baby giant tortoise (Geocheloone elephatophus) looks up from the floor of an enclosure in the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos islands of Ecuador.
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