Galapagos Islands or Galapagos Islands is very unique. unique because The Galapagos Islands found many endemic animals and plants (said to be endemic because it can not be found elsewhere). We will not discuss the Galapagos Islands as a whole, but only limited about galapagos islands animals, galapagos penguins, and galapagos turtle.
Galapagos islands are one group of islands in the Pacific Ocean west of Ecuador exactly. Galapagos has a very beautiful scenery. This island is also home to many rare and unique animals. Lizards, iguanas, turtles, sea lions, and finches, are some animals that live on the Galapagos islands. The size and shape of animals living in the Galapagos is not like ordinary animals. It's very unique and larger than similar animals.
For example, the Galapagos turtle. His size three times larger than the usual turtle. Adult Galapagos turtle may reach 1.2 meters in length with weight of 300 pounds.
Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus), North penguin species is the Galapagos penguin, who lives year-round near the equator. Classification of penguin galapago: Kingdom-Animalia, Phylum-Chordata, Class-Aves, Order-Sphenisciformes, Family-Spheniscidae, Genus-Spheniscus, and Species-S. mendiculus.
Galapagos turtle are the largest turtle are still alive, have karapaks giant, big feet, and a long neck. There are a variety of shell shapes and sizes, depending on the origin of the turtle island in the Galapagos Islands. They spend the majority of time to eat in small groups and sunbathing dikolam or mud puddles. In the mating season, males become defensive and start looking for a partner. Females make nests to lay eggs dilubang ground. Except for a few who live to more than 100 years, the Galapagos turtle remains vulnerable. The main threat is the destruction at a young age by a new species such as black rats and cats, as well as competition with goats and cows to get the plant.
