Galapagos Land Iguana

Thanks, Stian

Thanks for your comments & suggestions, Jason, Lauren, Yuko, Lisa, Braulio, Ihazapughappy & Ava

Thanks, Karen, that's awesome! Nice to see a spotlight on these wonderful creatures

Thanks, Owl, OnengDyah and Team Brinez

Yes, Amber, they can climb quite well. The branches of the bushes bow under their weight. The vibrant yellow ones are male. Females (like the one in the 2nd photo) are duller in colour.

Thanks, Susan, Paul and Dragan, he was a beautiful big boy!

Thanks, Aman

Thanks, Christine and Peter

I have added a few more photos of the iguanas. It's munching on a cactus fruit in the 4th one. It rolls the fruit against the ground or rocks to remove the spikes before munching away at it. The iguana can wait under a cactus tree for days just for a single to fall, sometimes to be left hungry. Do they gamble wasting just as much time at another tree or do they remain at the same tree hoping it would finally bear fruit? In the 5th picture, the iguana has climbed a bush to reach a height of 2m.

Thanks for the ID, Jason, and choosing the picture as spotting of the day, Peter! I didn't realise just how few there are left. Thankfully, the Galapagos is protected and hopefully, give these guys a chance to thrive again