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Galapagos Islands

Galapagos Islands. Iguanas. how are the iguanas different?. South American Iguana image: http://www.animalwebguide.com/Iguana.htm. Galapagos Iguana image: National Geographic. #1: crushing beak (seeds) #2: crushing beak (seeds) #3: grasping beak (uses tools)

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Galapagos Islands

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  1. Galapagos Islands

  2. Iguanas • how are the iguanas different? South American Iguana image: http://www.animalwebguide.com/Iguana.htm Galapagos Iguana image: National Geographic

  3. #1: crushing beak (seeds) #2: crushing beak (seeds) #3: grasping beak (uses tools) #4: probing beak (insect eater) Finches This & More Information: http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/galapagos/finches.html

  4. Argentina - Armadillos

  5. Buenos Aires, Argentina • Megatherium – giant ground sloth (lived 2 million – 8,000 years ago - extinct) • Size of elephants

  6. Buenos Aires, Argentina • Other giant sloths…Megalonyx, Sceliotherium, Mylodon Darwinii • “as large as a rhinoceros”

  7. Capybura

  8. Buenos Aires, Argentina • Toxodon – rhinoceros sized animal w/ a snout…lived 1,800-2.6 million years ago • Darwin purchased a fossil from a farmer

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