Wednesday, May 14, 2014

My Year of Darwin 5/14/2014: What does the Galapagos tortoise say?

 Charles Darwin

"The day was glowing hot, and the scrambling over the rough surface and through the intricate thickets was very fatiguing; but I was well repaid by the strange Cyclopean scence. As I was waling along I met two large tortoises, each of which must have weighed at least two hundred pounds: one was eating a piece of cactus, and as I approached, it stared at me and slowly walked away; the other gave a deep hiss, and drew in its head. These huge reptiles, surrounded by the black lava, the leafless shrubs, and large cacti, seemed to my fancy like some antidiluvian animals." Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle 


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