Bartolome and Pinnacle Rock, Galapagos Islands
“That was the Beagle – and if the Encantada could be the Beagle, then I could surely be a new-age Darwin.”
Galapagos Tortoise, Galapagos Islands
“the Vice-Governor of the Colony...told Darwin that he could tell what island a tortoise had come from just by looking at its shell.”
Darwin’s Finch, Galapagos Islands
“he had “strong reasons to suspect” that at least some species of the finches “are confined to separate islands”.”
Marine Iguana, Galapagos Islands
“I looked across at...a marine iguana watching us from the nearby rocks and I thought that it was pretty much still a mystery to me.
Koala in eucalyptus forest, Victoria, Australia
“...it was as if this country, Australia, had been made by a different Creator than the one that made the rest of the world.”