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2020 GALAPAGOS MATING AND BONDING RITUALS

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?OMG It is huge!?
Genovesa
Male and Female Frigates
Genovesa
Male and Female Frigates

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2 Nasca Boobies
Female with PinK beak and Male with Orange Beak
Genovesa

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Nasca BoobiesMale and Female?
Nazca boobies are white with black feathers on their tails. The males have yellow or orange beaks, while the female?s beak is far paler and has a more pinkish tone. However, their colours do slightly vary between different populations. Females are also slightly larger in size.
Genovesa

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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed Boobies
North Seymour Island

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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed Boobies
North Seymour Island

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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed Boobies
North Seymour Island

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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed Boobies
North Seymour Island

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Booby Mating Dance
San Cristobal
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
Female Shell Rubbed Smooth by Mating Procedure

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Male Shell with Ring Morphology
The Turtle Pond
Coffee Plantation
Puerto Ayora
Santa Cruz Island

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Female Shell with Smooth Morphology as a result of Male Mounting in Copulation ? Sexual Act may be Up to 1.5 hours
Coffee Plantation
Puerto Ayora
Santa Cruz Island

Swallow Tailed Gulls

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A Kiss
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island

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Finding the Right Position
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island

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Getting Comfortable
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island

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The Thrust
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island

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Pleasure
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island

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Pleasure
South Plaza
Swallow Tailed Gulls   Santa Cruz Island
Hybrid Iguana Mating of land and Sea Iguana Results in Sterile Hybrid ? 3 Left in the World

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Hybrid Iguana
1 of the three remaining in the world
South Plaza
Santa Cruz Island

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Hybrid Iguana
1 of the three remaining in the world
South Plaza
Santa Cruz Island

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Hybrid Iguana
1 of the three remaining in the world
South Plaza
Santa Cruz Island

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Hybrid Iguana
1 of the three remaining in the world
South Plaza
Santa Cruz Island