Galapagos

Speech parts

1. Galapagos - Noun

2. Galapagos - Proper noun

Meaning

a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life

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I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible. Adam Garcia

Becoming a bird ecologist was just luck! I had the chance to be a field assistant for a scientist working in the Galapagos Islands, and while I was there, I saw a particular problem in behavioral biology that I wanted to solve and, in the process, made myself into a bird ecologist. David J. Anderson

The Galapagos Islands are probably the most famous wildlife-watching destination in the world. And no wonder - it's almost impossible to exaggerate the sheer spectacle of the place that provided inspiration for Charles Darwin's ground-breaking theory of natural selection. Mark Carwardine

I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me. Wayne Knight

The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient. Frans Lanting

Ecuador made a part of the Galapagos a wildlife sanctuary in 1935, and the sanctuary became the Galapagos National Park in 1959. Source: Internet

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