Galapagos island The Galapagos island’s wildlife *The Galapagos islands are home of the large number of unique species. *This island is named for it’s giant turtles, these turtles belong to the species of Geochelone elephatopus – vegetarians and truly giant. *These animals can survive long without food or water Fact about some animals *The marine iguanas are the only iguanas that can swim but this is still considered as a land animal *Both Turtles and Iguanas eat PRICKLY pear cactus *There are some snakes in this islands. Don’t worry, all of the snakes are nonvenomous Other Animals Blue-footed Booby Lava Lizards Sally Lightfoot Crabs Fur Seals California Sea Lions The fact about the islands There are huge number of species and plants because islands is extremely isolated, meaning that there are no humans that disturbs the environment.