These Salley crabs were everywhere in the Galapagos and they JUMP!
Faraway Friday-Salley Crabs
Category: Travels
Galapagos–Flattened
This iguana was spread out to get all the sun he could. I of course had to lay on the ground to get this shot… Are you seeing a trend here?
Galapagos– Pelican hunting
This island was FILLED with pelicans on the hunt.
Galapagos-Tortoise
These guys are huge and OLD. Our naturalist said this one is over 150 yrs old. They said they were hunted by sailors because they can go almost a year without eating. So they would stack them up live in the hold and pull one out for dinner. They were alive so they wouldn’t spoil. The darwin center has a program to repopulate the various islands with Tortoise.
Galapagos –Sea Lion
THis guy was “singing” away and posing. It was a beautiful island. This is the iconic GALAPAGOS Sea LION not to be confused with the California seal. THese guys have ears (you can se it on the right side)
Galapagos–All tucked in
This fur sea lion was all tucked into the crannies of this tide pool.
Galapagos-Blue Footed Boobie chicks
THis male is watching the nest. Yes that’s the nest…a lil indentation in the dirt. Look closely and you’ll see TWO chicks. The big one on the right and the the lil one on the left. Our naturalist said that the eggs are often hatched two to three days apart. The first one gets a big head start. This one kept snapping at the lil one and he even pushed him out of the nest. He crawled back in. The naturalist said that there is an imaginary 18″ around the nest hole that they will protect the baby in. If it’s outside of that range they usually won’t defend it and the predator birds will eat it.