-Marine iguana is only found on the Galapagos Islands
- Sea lions orginally from California, leader/dominant male can be dangerous it feels threatened by you
- Reptiles and sea mammals can live anywhere along the coast of the Galapogos
- Waved albatrosses come to the island to mate
- Albatrosses can live for over 60 years
- Green turtles cross thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean just to mate
- Giant tortoises mating
- Most of the year giant tortoises are solitary
- Tortoises outlive many animals (200 years?)
- Masked Boobie birds: stronger of the offspring pushes the weaker one out of the nest
- Only enough space and food for a certain number of birds
- Sperm whale: whale has been evolving for over 60 million years
- Flightless cormorant swims: larger feet for paddling and body to hold more air
- Frigate birds: females attracted to the color red, males have a red pouch that attract the females
- Animals don't choose the way they evolve, variations determine that
- Selection builds structure, pushes evolution forward
- Marine iguanas eat seaweed, stronger swimmers, survived and reproduced. Outnumber the land iguanas
- One species can change into another
- Darwin's proposal still considered a theory
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