Galapagos Tortoise Migration (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Galapagos Tortoise Migration

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Galapagos tortoises on Santa Cruz migrate along usually linear paths up and down the slopes of the island. Migration routes were up to ten kilometers long, and sometimes took the tortoises to sea level.

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Stephen Blake/MPI for Ornithology

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