Galapagos giant tortoises in the Darwin Station get a chance to have close encounters with the species Homosapiens...What magnificent creatures (both the kids and the tortoises)!Tortoise babies the weight of tennis balls hatched this year, barely showing the great size they will achieve in the future, or how expensive they will turn out to be to their keepers. Luckily there is plenty of time for fun in between...
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 11 Aug 1999
From the Polaris in the Galapagos, 8/11/1999, National Geographic Polaris
- Aboard the National Geographic Polaris
- Galápagos
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