Welcome to the Galapagos Islands




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Welcome to the Galapagos Islands

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The laboratory for the study of the origins of life. See the amazing creatures Darwin first saw in 1835 -- giant tortoises, sea turtles, flightless cormorants, iguanas and penguins -- and venture deep in the ocean to hot water vents connected to the core of the earth.

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oceancontent

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National, Geographic, Wild, Chronicles, marine, ocean, Galapagos,

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