David Attenborough Explains: Charles Darwin
1. Nearly _______________ years ago, the islands were visited by a young naturalist on
September the 16th, 1835.
2. HMS Beagle arrived in the ______________________________, and the 26-year-old
______________________________ stepped ashore to explore.
3. Darwin was only on these islands for ______________________________, but in that short
time, there were things he saw and conversations he had which stuck in his mind.
4. He set about making a _______________ of animals and plants from all the islands he visited.
5. Although it was the _______________ at first alerted Darwin to the differences between
animals on different islands, it was his collection of these undramatic little birds
6. ______________________________, which provided him with the most substantial evidence
for his great theory.
7. The ______________________________ has discovered how to use a tool to wrinkle grubs
out of their burrows in the branches of trees.
8. The ______________________________ has learned how to extract blood from sitting birds.
9. The original species probably had a high dome shell like this one, and that's very useful on
well-watered islands like this where you have to _______________ your way through the
_______________. But on other islands, there are other problems. Shouldn't every species of
animal and plant have its own unique evolutionary story that's closely coupled with the
_______________ that pollinate them.
10. I have been extremely much interested with _______________
11. The lower lip of this little orchid has evolved to look roughly like a _______________.
12. This is a _______________ of a female bee that's attracting a male to mate, and when the
male mates, it will pollinate the flower.