Vampires are the stuff of myth and legend – the undead, coming out at night from their graves to suck the blood of the living to maintain their own health and vitality. The idea of vampires goes as far back as the Ancient Greeks and Romans but the vampire as we know it stems from […]
Category: South America
Darwin’s tortoises
Written on September 9, 2015 by ER at 3:03 PM | 0
Americas, England, JJ, Northern Europe, South America
Americas, England, JJ, Northern Europe, South America
While visiting the Galapagos archipelago in 1835, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) encountered the giant tortoise and observed that, as with the finches, each island had its own unique types of tortoise. The most notable difference, it turned out, was in the shape of the shell – some giant tortoises were able to extend their necks higher […]