- Viewing giant tortoises as they slowly crawl their way down from the Santa Cruz highlands to the lowlands to mate
- Visiting the Darwin Research Station in the town of Puerto Ayora, center of the Galapagos’ conservation efforts
- Spotting frigate birds – the “pirates of the sky” – as they swoop through the air lo steal the food from the grasp of other birds.
- Watching blue-footed boobies do their “booby dance” as they move their feet in a courting ritual
- Keeping a close eye on sea lions as they try to swipe fish from a fishmonger in Puerto Ayora
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