The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, just off the west coast of Ecuador (South America).
The islands, famous for the incredible variety of wildlife they support, are Ecuador’s major tourist attraction and thousands of visitors flock there each year.
The British naturalist Charles Darwin spent time on the islands in the 1830s, as he completed a five-year journey with a scientific expedition aboard the HMS Beagle.
He closely studied plants and animals on the islands, and observed there were many variations among the same general type as those he had seen in South America.
After his return to London, he slowly developed his theory that the huge variety of species that exist evolved from a single original life form, adapted over millions and millions of years.
Task
1. Click Here and look at the animals that can not be found anywhere else in the world.
2. Click Here and then print the animals in colour, cut them out and put them together.
(Parent help may be needed.)
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