Arrival on Santa Cruz.
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Sarah. Meet giant tortoise. Giant tortoise...
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A magnificent frigatebird.
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A sea lion lounging on a rock on Seymour.
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A pair of bluefooted boobies on Seymour.
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An iguana on Seymour.
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Daphne Major. Read The Beak of the Finch. [Toward the equator, the earth tilts to the right.]
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A view of the Bartolome shore with the obligatory photograph of Pinnacle Rock.
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For BIO 235 students: Santiago last erupted ~100 years ago, and the pioneer plants still dominate Bartolome.
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Another obligatory photo from the top of Bartolome.
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Here we are on Bartolome. Pinnacle Rock (obligatory) is to the left.
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Bartolome = pioneer plants + cactus + lava + tourists.
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Crabs. Meet iguana. Iguana...
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This is a big sinkhole. If there are dinosaurs left on this planet, that's where they're hiding.
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Penguins. On the equator. Right.
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Kelsey proves it. There really is a line at the equator.
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The president's palace in Quito.
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The llama is a quadruped.
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Cotopaxi, south of Quito, is the world's highest volcano.
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A gorge in the Andes on the way to Otavalo.
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The market in Otavalo. Compre.
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An Andean condor at the Parque Condor Otavalo
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Reina (bird). Meet Reyna (human)...
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Dr. Cigliano's last words: "What does this thing eat?"
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