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Iguana marina. Marine Iguana

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Photo by Isabela
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Isla Pacífico

Notes:

Islas Galápagos

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Comments (36)

Isso é que é vida...Não paga imposto...rsrs
Thank you! It was amazing!
Now that looks relaxing. Congrats!
Wow! Way to go. Prehistoric looking or what?
Godzilla's Baby. WOW! Very cool indeed. Or the Loch Ness Monster. I do believe! I do! HA! Congratulations on SOTD!
Congratulations Isabela - what a fascinating animal.
Isabela i'am happy,great capture,fantastic animal,congrats on such a important SOTD :-) and thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for having chosen this photo to mark Darwin's birth.
Congrats isabela, To mark the 204th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, we are featuring your Galapagos marine iguana as spotting of the day. Darwin wrote of them in his Beagle Diary. “The black Lava rocks on the beach are frequented by large disgusting clumsy Lizards. They are as black as the porous rocks over which they crawl and seek their prey from the Sea. I call them 'imps of darkness’.” But he also saw evidence of his then-developing theory of evolution in the iguanas, writing, “They assuredly well become the land they inhabit.” https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152548900175603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/301536895165423616
Yes, Nessie or Gozila, a survivor monster of past times!
Yes Loch Ness :)) hahahahaha Should not alert the Chinese! Oh no! It is GODZILLA !!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
hahahhahah .......... ;-)
It proves that the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, Nessie, exists! Ha, ha.
It's super awesome! He looks big , a reel dragon hahahaha :) Superb photo !
Thank you very much for your comments and favourites!
Wow Isabela!!....what a beautiful shot!!
Spotting of the day: "A vulnerable species, the Marine Iguana is among the few marine reptiles found on earth and is able to survive single dives of up to half an hour at depths of more than 50 feet." http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/129078557170328 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/69119122159575040
Wow, I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos!

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PublishedAugust 26, 2010

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