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The Galápagos Archipelago is a magical capsule where it is possible to imagine a natural world where humans have never existed. 

Lyingat the confluence of several major ocean currents, with the equator passing through, it has managed to repel a human habitat for 4 million years, while welcoming with wide fins, a vast variety of reptiles, birds and marine life, that have evolved independently on these islands.

Anirudh's photos: https://anirudh.exposure.so/galapagos

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/divyatyam/sets/72157641617603385/

In the distance is Kicker Rock (or León Dormido), the remains of a volcano, where galapagos sharks, white-tipped sharks, black-tipped sharks, hammerhead sharks, eagle rays, golden rays, manta rays, sea turtles and more hang out regularly.

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The males puff up their chest pouches when it's time to mate, to attract females. 

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Reptiles can go without food and water for long periods of time - this is how theorists explain how these animals managed to make the trip to these islands 1000 kms from mainland and managed to survive on these islands.

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Notice the mouth (?) of the crab - it is forming a sand ball, which it will spit out in a few seconds. What it managed to ingest are micronutrients from the sand.

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Reigns on top of the food chain here, on this island of Espanola.

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Diego and his ancestors were the reason the Galapagos Islands got their name. Their shells looks like a saddles, which were coloquially known as Galapagos.

There are only about 14 of these in the world (only 3 males). Some don't really know how to mate, so they've been kept in the breeding center on Santa Cruz Island.

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These islands escaped human inhabitants for millenia because they were simply not suitable for it. The larger, younger islands had mountains to trap rain, but were actively volcanic. The smaller, older islands had no rain, vegetation, fresh water or even shade.

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