NCpedia and chat reference will be unavailable from 3:00 pm to approximately 3:30 pm on Friday, January 17th. We apologize for the inconvenience.
1136091600
A young girl walks aside a large turtle.This turtle appears to be a sea turtle, which would make it out of place in the highlands of Ecuador where it was photographed. Most likely, it is kept as a pet of a tourist attraction. The famed Galapagos islands are the territory of Ecuador. The Galapagos islands are famous for their abundant wildlife, particularly sea turtles. It was at the Galapagos islands, of course, where Charles Darwin began to formulate the theory of natural selection.
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
This item has a Creative Commons license for re-use. This Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license means that you may use, remix, tweak, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit the original creator and as long as you license your new creation using the same license. For more information about Creative Commons licensing and a link to the license, see full details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.