Celebrity Xpedition cruise to Galapagos Islands in 2007
or animals native only to south america? how about all of those animals found only on the galapagos islands?
if god brought them to the arc, why did he need noah?
oh man….look at all the chrisitans trying to add science to their bible.
first of all, it was Pangaea…not Eurasia (Eurasia exists today)….and that was 250 million years ago…not during human time.
second, yes, i have heard of evolution….but microevolution does not turn rats into kangaroos. thats evolution. and thats the side we (science) is on.
Jun 132010
Hope you enjoy the videos of our trip to the paradise of the Galapagos Islands. Truly the best destination to choose when going to Ecuador. We choose to spend some days on Santa Cruz Island do-it-yourself style and afterwards going on a cruise to visit the beauty of the Southern Islands of the Galapagos: Plaza Sur, Santa Fe, Espanola and San Cristobal. The first days we enjoyed Tortuga Bay and the tourist life of Puerto Ayora. Also we took a bay tour around Puerto Ayora and saw the giant Tortoises! On first class yacht Galapagos Voyager (highly recommended) we first visited the Charles Darwin Research Station to get more insight in their conversation work. After that we saw rich birdlife everywhere: Frigate Birds and Boobies (Blue-Footed and Nazca). Sea Lions greeting us everywhere and on the first islands plenty of Marine and Land Iguanas! Santa Fe and Espanola Islands also have a rich marine life: Reef Sharks, Spotted Eagle Rays and Sea Turtles everywhere.
The Galapagos Islands are a world apart – in almost every way. Frankly, I did not know what to expect when I embarked on this journey. In preparation, I read again Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species.” When I finally followed (literally) in his footsteps, I found myself overwhelmed and speechless in the face of such beauty, unspoiled by any form of civilization. This is the closest thing to time travel you can find on earth. Sadly, I’m used to wild animals running away from me, being afraid of all humans as potential predators. But not so here on these islands. In fact, I had to watch my every step, so I would not hurt nesting Albatross or Blue-footed Boobies who showed no inclination to get out of my way for the sake of self-preservation. More than once, I nearly squished an Iguana blending perfectly into the rocky landscape. The best part of the Galapagos wildlife scene, of course, takes places under water. Bring your snorkel gear if you come here, because you are going to tango with the local seals, sea turtles and even the occasional shark (all harmless, I was told). The best (and in my opinion only) way to see the islands is to go by ship. I traveled comfortably to all the islands on the motor yacht “La Pinta.” This recently renovated vessel offers comfortable accommodations, excellent food and good service. There are other yachts in the area, so you have a choice, even in high season. But I do recommend that you make all your travel arrangements at least one …
I just took a test today on Evolution and I was wondering how many new species did Darwin find on the Galapagos and what were some of the more important ones? We learned about the Tortoise the Marine Iguana and Finches, what are some more?
Jun 052010
Charles Darwin goes to the Galapagos Islands and notices that Turtles are different from Island to Island. He decided this means that Animals develop by adapting to their habitats, and came up with a hypothesis on evolution. – Is this inductive or deductive thinking?
The environments that Charles Darwin studied exhibited little biological diversity.
By careful anatomical study, Darwin found that the many species of plants and animals on the Galapagos Islands were unique and bore no relation to species seen in other parts of the world.
The tortoises of the Galapogos Islands are among the largest on Earth.
After returning to England, Darwin studied his collections for 10 years.
Darwin named the process by which evolution proceeds adrtificial selection.
—All of these questions are true or false..lol..please help if u can..
I recently got into an argument on whether or not humans are really so vastly superior to animals. Her argument was that animals can’t talk, they don’t have feelings, and they can’t create tools like human beings can so they are inferior. My argument consisted of pointing out that animals can communicate with each other, and several cases have been made to argue the fact that animals do indeed have feelings. I also used Darwin’s observations on the finches on the Galapagos Islands, stating that animals ability to adapt to overcome certain anatomical adversities evens the playing field. She is a devout Catholic so she told me that Darwin is a crock and God created all.
What I’m asking here is whether or not you believe that animals are truly so inferior to humans on an intellectual scale, or have they merely adapted to a point that fulfills all their base necessities? Are we only the dominant beings because we lack the ability to adapt and overcompensate for that through invention?
I wish to correct myself here. Previously I said that humans lack the ability to adapt through evolution, which is wrong because over thousands, maybe millions, of years man adapted to become what we are today.
Another thing I would like to make clear is that adaptation is all about time and place. People say all the time "if we adapted from monkeys, why are there still monkeys around?" Those monkeys lived in the thick rain forest so they did not need to adapt that much. The creatures we evolved from lived in plains areas, so we had to evolve to become upright to watch for predators. We created tools out of the necessity for them, the first being merely sharpened rocks at best. It would simple be a hassle to have a beak.
The internet, cars, and the computer are used to make our lives easier, but are they really needed. Like I said we overcompensate with our inventing, we make these things not because we need them but because we want things faster. We live our lives without all of it.
Another thing that I’m going to add, even though most people aren’t going to read it. I’m arguing that humans have put ourselves up on a pedestal and that we aren’t as great as we try to make us seem.
Richard Dawkins explains how the distribution of life on Earth’s continents and islands is exactly as we should expect if life evolved, and exactly how we should NOT expect if it had been created. Download Quicktime version (480p): cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com (720p HD): cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com Get the RDF TV podcast through iTunes! itunes.apple.com “In May 2007 Josh and I were among those who went to Galapagos with a large group from the Center for Inquiry. As we walked with the guided parties over the islands, Josh took every opportunity to film the wildlife. Occasionally he would turn the camera on me, and I would ad lib a few words about whatever animals we were looking at. These ‘vignettes’ were unscripted and unrehearsed, and there was no time for any “Take 2″ repetitions, because the guided walk was moving on.” Richard If you enjoy the video, and would like to help us make more videos like this, please consider donating (or any other amount you’d like) to The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: richarddawkinsfoundation.org Camera & Music by JOSH TIMONEN Presented by THE RICHARD DAWKINS FOUNDATION FOR REASON AND SCIENCE TRANSCRIPT: Both the marine and land iguanas of Galápagos resemble land iguanas found on the South American mainland, about 600 miles to the east. No doubt it was a freak accident that delivered them first to the newly formed volcanic islands of Galápagos. Thereafter, the fact that there were several different islands in the …