The most amazing aspect of the Galapagos Islands is the animals. There is immense symbiotic existence amongst the animals. They have all evolved in a manner where they can co-exist. And since many of them don’t have natural predators, they are not afraid of each other or humans.
The sea lions hang-out on the beach, yawn and sleep. The iguanas meander around posing for pictures. I do not have a telephoto lens on my camera; all the pics I’ve posted are from close range with a regular lens.
Highlighting the Galapagos birds symbiotic relationship, this is how Dr. Harris, a Galapagos researcher, describes the ways in which different birds can take the same prey: “Red-footed boobies caught flying in the air, great frigatebirds picked from them from the surface, swallow-tailed gulls caught them just below the surface, masked boobies caught them some distance below, and waved albatrosses took them while swimming on the surface. Similarly, brown noddies hovered to take the smallest fish, storm petrels made a quick pounce, and Audubon's shearwater pursued them underwater.”
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