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Date: 2017

Location: Galapagos Islands

Did you know?

The Galápagos or Galapagos Islands are named for their giant tortoises. Most of the Galápagos is covered in semi-desert vegetation, including shrub lands, grasslands, and dry forest. A few of the islands have high-elevation areas with cooler temperatures and higher rainfall, which are home to humid-climate forests and shrub lands, and montane grasslands (pampas) at the highest elevations. Galápagos syndrome is a term of Japanese origin used in business studies to refer to an isolated development branch of a globally available product. The term is used as an analogy to a part of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Darwin encountered in the Galápagos Islands isolated flora and fauna, which had undergone evolutionary changes independently from the mainland. This phenomenon was a key to the development of evolutionary theory.

About the picture

Lucky to have been in Galapagos to view this colourful grassland with red and orange shrubs and Cactus. With wonderful light and sky background gave this image a specail feel

Fun Fact

There are over 700 introduced plant species today. There are only 500 native and endemic species.