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Category: Travels
Adaptors of the Galapagos
The Flightless Cormorant only found in the Galapagos. Uses its wings to swim thru the water to catch fish.
The Galapagos Penguin–the most northern found penguin in the world.
When I came up for air next to this wall, I found two Blue Footed Boobies clinging to the edge.
Galapagos Marine Iguanas
These iguanas have adapted to life on the edge of these volcanos. They breathe air and live at the edge of the water on the cliffs or by tide pools. Then they swim down into the reefs and grip the coral with their claws and munch the tasty sea plants. When they come back to shore they sneeze out the salt.
More Sea Turtles
This one had a lil fish that was trying to steal his bites ( look closely to the left of his mouth)
Swimming with the Sea Turtles
It was so incredible to swim with the turtles and see them come up for air. I tried to get a half in/half out of the water shot…but he was too fast. And I was bobbing up and down like a cork in the waves.
Swimming with Galapagos Sea iIons
They LOVED to play with you. This one swam straight toward me and knocked my mask off.
This lil pup was really hard to catch –he swam so fast and erratically.
Galapagos under water
Snorkeling in the Galapagos was terrific. THere were so many kinds of fish and wildlife. Most were found very close to the cliffs of these volcanic islands. So you had to be very careful of the surf pushing you into the sides of the wall or into shallow reefs where you would get instantly cut up.
These were all taken with my lil point and shoot Olympus TG-6.