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September 28, 2009, 9:28pm Comments
Anticipating Galapagos
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Today marks the 6-month waiting period prior to my first footstep on the Galapagos Islands. I have waited for more than 35 years to take this journey and the road ahead is so possible now - and so short.Following
Are we loving the Galapagos Too Much…?
As I study this place (Galapagos) I am realizing that there is more to understand than just a pristine archepelago where Darwin baked his theory. There are people who inhabit this island chain…30,000 of them. And despite efforts to stem the overflow of tourism, (maybe as many as 140,000 visitors in this Darwin 200th Anniversary year) we have to ask is we are loving the Galapagos too much.
So - read this article by Cecilia Alvear, and let me know what you think?
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revistaweb/earthsky/thegalapagos/alvear
September 24, 2009, 2:20pm Comments
For millions of year, the animals on the Galapagos have gotten along really well. No preditors. Amazing. That has made me curious about other animals - even those that I live with (dogs and parrots). This article will tell you that there is a lot more going on in an animal’s brain than you might think. So - I study the dog to help understand the giant tortoise.
September 24, 2009, 7:59am Comments
