A lava lizard takes refuge on a Galápagos marine iguana to escape from the herons
Dates visited: April 12, 2017
Write-up to follow; until then enjoy the pics!
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- Prachi poses with a prickly pear cactus
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- Beautiful sally lightfoot crab
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- Sea lions
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- “Look Ma, a sea lion behind me!”
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- A black-necked stilt in brackish waters
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- One, two, three… …jump!
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- Galápagos land iguana with a stone cold look!
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- Galápagos land iguana makes its presence felt on the trail
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- Walking very slowly so as not to disturb the Galápagos land iguana
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- Snoozing in progress
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- Galapagos mantis
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- Sally lightfoot crab about to molt (grow out of its exoskeleton)
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- Galápagos land iguana
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- With marine iguanas in the background
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- Marine iguanas… …getting a little cozy
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- Flightless cormorants
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- A lava lizard picks his favorite of the three marine iguanas
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- On the trail with our naturalist
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- Galápagos land iguanas
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- Brackish waters where flamingos are typically found
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- Sea lion pup positioning itself for maximum exposure to sun
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- With a Galápagos marine iguana
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- You really have to avoid not stepping on them by mistake
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- Trying to blend in with the marine iguanas
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- Sally lightfoot crabs
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- Whale skeleton
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- Sea lions playing
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- Hermit crab—now you see her, now you don’t
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- Galápagos marine iguanas trying to blend in… …effortlessly
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- Lava lizard basks in the sun
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- Lava cactus
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- Black lava folds
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- Awesome lava landscape with lava lactus growing
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- In the mangroves
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- We came back to this endemic Galapagos wild creature in our yacht cabin!