Video-Giant Galapagos Tortoises, Island of Santa Cruz, Ecuador

I found this video on YouTube.  It was uploaded by “intrepberkexplorer.”
We will see the featured tortoise “Lonesome George,” as well as visit the Charles Darwin Research Center!
Happy Viewing!

Lonesome George at the Charles Darwin Research Center

The Charles Darwin Research Center was created in 1960 by an international committee in order to promote research, conservation, and education in the Galapagos Islands. The center is located on Isla Santa Cruz, a short walk away from Puerto Ayora. At the center, visitors can tour the Van Straelen Exhibition Center where staff members are [...]

Charles Darwin Research Station

Charles Darwin put the Galapagos Islands on the map. Coming to the islands to do research, then using his research to come up with his theories of evolution and as the basis of his book “The Origin of the Species” brought fame to the relatively unknown islands.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Darwin’s landmark book [...]