Lonesome George, the last known Pinta Island tortoise, at the Galapagos National Park's breeding centre, in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, in March 2009. He died on June 24, 2012.
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Sea lions on Ochoa beach in San Cristobal Island.
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A memorial to Lonesome George at Santa Cruz.
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Giant Cactus at San Cristobal airport with a male Darwin Finch feeding on the nectar.
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A Sally lightfoot crab.
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Snoozing sea lions at the boat jetty at San Cristobal. They have right of way.
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A pelican at the boat jetty in San Cristobal.
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Letty, one of the yachts that take tourists on guided tours of Galapagos Islands.
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Kicker Rock, a rock formation that was once a single piece.
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One of Letty's pangas about to pass through the gap in Kicker Rock.
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A frigate bird on Letty's masthead.
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A ground finch at Floreana.
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A sea lion with its young.Photo: dxs fsdfsdf
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A male ground finch at Santa Cruz.
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A Sally lightfoot crab.
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A warbler finch at Santa Cruz.
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A male Darwin finch.
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At a tortoise breeding centre at Santa Cruz.
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Tortoise breeding centre, Santa Cruz.
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A tortoise breeding centre.
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Wild tortoise at Santa Cruz.
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A visitor in a giant tortoise shell.
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School children on a visit to Santa Cruz
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A baby sea lion waiting for its mother, at Floreana Island.
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A pelican in flight at San Cristobal jetty.
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Smooth-billed Ani, an introduced species at Santa Cruz.
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A Darwin finch (large ground finch) at Santa Cruz.
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