Ecuador and the Galápagos, July 23 - August 7, 2007 / 20070801k_SM_SantaCruz_Tortoise
Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net
12/21/2007
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20070801k_SM_SantaCruz_Tortoise Tortoise, Santa Cruz Highlands

Although this area of the island is private property, the tortoises are allowed to roam as they please here. They are very large. Notice that these are dome-backed, because they evolved where ground-level grazing was easy.