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What habitats to they need ? How are the different types adapted to their environment?

Galapagos Giant Tortoises. What habitats to they need ? How are the different types adapted to their environment? How can we protect them?. It is likely that the 10 species of giant tortoise living on the Galapagos Islands all evolved from a common ancestor. Habitat Adaptation.

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What habitats to they need ? How are the different types adapted to their environment?

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  1. Galapagos Giant Tortoises • What habitats to they need? • How are the different types adapted to their environment? • How can we protect them?

  2. It is likely that the 10 species of giant tortoise living on the Galapagos Islands all evolved from a common ancestor.

  3. Habitat Adaptation

  4. Female giant tortoisescan travel up to several miles to their nesting areas of dry, sandy ground to lay their eggs, they lay between 2 -16 eggs the size of tennis balls!

  5. Warm nest temperatures lead to the tortoises becoming female, while cool temperatures increase the likelihood that the hatchlings are male.

  6. Giant Tortoise can survive for long periods of time without water, but they do love a long drink and a wallow in water and mud pools.

  7. Tracking Tortoises: The Galapagos Tortoise Movement Ecology Programme

  8. The trackers are attached to the tortoise shell using high-grade plumbers glue!

  9. Scaling a Volcano

  10. Measuring the Environment

  11. Thank you for listening! For more information visit: www.discoveringgalapagos.org.uk

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