Galapagos Island

The Galapagos Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, being some of the most isolated islands on the earth. The whole archipelago is composed of 13 large and medium islands and islets and rocks almost deserted. The 13 islands with sizes varying from 45,000 square kilometers to 14 kilometers square is practically a miracle of nature, a paradise whose existence confirms the theory of evolution but the perfect balance of nature.

The position of these islands amid some extremely strong ocean currents favored the evolution of several species on the island, a unique evolution worldwide. An absolutely fascinating thing is that on these islands, animals are not afraid of humans. His intervention was very supeficial until 15 years ago. This feature as well as the exceptional biodiversity of this ecosystem unfortunately attracts lots of tourists every year. The firsts whoaffected this perfect balance were the sailors of the seventeenth century who brought on the island both microbes and infected animals or with a modified behavior such as: wild cats, dogs, rats, were first outrsiders in the middle of the Pacific paradise
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The Galapagos Islands were formed because of the eruption of volcanoes about 4, 5 million years ago. Since then, they are in a constant change, but the volcanoes are still being active.

Each island is different from the other, and the multitude of species surprises even now many researchers. It is probably the only natural place on the earth where penguins and flamingo birds share the same square foot of sand. Sea lions, turtles, dolphins and a unique species in the world of penguins are very friendly, extremely gentle and fearless people.