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Darwin And Iguana

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1835: The HMS Beagle arrived at the Galapagos Islands. Darwin couldn’t believe what he saw here, he saw animals that he had never seen before. He was shocked by how an animal was different on each island. An animal called the iguanas which are big lizards had completely different traits on each island. For example, Darwin found one group of iguana’s species spent most of their time swimming and looking for seaweed underwater, whereas the other iguana’s species lived on dry land and ate cactus. Back in England, Darwin was very much used to watching cormorants fly so he was shocked when he discovered both flying and flightless cormorants. Darwin also discovered giant tortoises. They were so big, two grown men could ride on them. Darwin was fascinated

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