100-Year-Old Galapagos Giant Tortoises - Chelonoidis nigra - Living Rocks - Reptilenesia
Galapagos in The Spanish word is war helmet and the land
tortoise is especially the big ones they
have a perfect circular dome shelled in In that case, we are the Galapagos Islands
we are visiting the helmet islands today
popularity for this largest living
species of tortoises has grown visitors
come from around the globe to catch a glimpse of these tranquil creatures with
more than 180,000 visitors each year the tourism business is booming in Malacca
busca is only to leave the world I need
to leave in Hilo so CLO ambient a little
canonical souvenir shops lined the
streets with different variations of the
dome-shaped creature and locals are
noticing that these souvenirs are big
hits for tourists personas que venir con
familiar to me.
some people meant a personal day Naropa
not America Vienna principalmente
booster los trabajos manuals de las
personas los efectos oka miss ADA but a
lucrative tourism Enterprise is also
leading to the destruction of the natural beauty of the islands the
destruction to the giant tortoise
species.
I never agree on the first tourists for the
first tourism in Gallup I never liked it
one of the big sad facts herein
Galapagos was the presence of people the
extinction now it's because people did
something maybe they know or they didn't
know that that's the case before human
arrival about 250,000 tortoises were in existence that number is now closer to
1500 local organizations like the
National Park Service is now trying to
combine the worlds of tourism and
conservation to save the species
breeding centers were built around the
islands 50 years ago here tortoises are
raised from eggs while visitors can tour
the grounds I think you'll get to learn
everything from when they were born why
they're here and what they're trying to
do here in terms of protecting the species
and develop it and reintroduce the
species back into the environment.
and just make sure it's here for everybody
to see and to understand why they're
here and what they're doing really but
there is a fine line between education
for the visitors and overexposure for
the animal's Park Rangers are hoping that
through this up close and personal
encounters people will be educated about
the species and want to help concern we
have another concept we are not a focus
this activity like tourists or with
tourists no the idea is to fill some
close up with friends the idea is to
keep all the group happy very well the informant and the best thing to know
what you really are doing in this place the area is to conserve we try to conserve
the species.
yes to don't live from here stay here
because a to everybody that lives here in
here in Galapagos, the principle be
this is the environment we don't have
a careful of the environment the torus
is finished here in Galapagos educating
visitors is key to help the fragile
state of the tortoises and on a larger
scale the fragile state of the global
ecosystem Galapagos is not a separate
place on in our world it's not like the moon no we are inside of the same be
Oscar in the same as fur and something
that maybe happen to you easily will be
affecting to us because Galapagos the
sand represents something exclusive of
the quaternions Galapagos belong to the
world although it is estimated to take
100 years for the tortoise species to
recover the breeds will live-out
Darwin's theories they always have by
adapting to their surroundings to
survive every time when I have the
chance to look on some land tortoises
for me, that represents an incredible way
of life adapting in this paradise now it
really are considered perfect engineers
in this ecosystem, I think also this is
the most representative animal of the
islands and as every animal they need
our attention
