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Title
I Am Finish
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Hugo (the Galapagos tortoise) finished all his lettuce and he is looking very satisfied !!
In the 16th century, as many as 250,000 giant tortoises are believed to have roamed the Galápagos, an archipelago of 19 islands located in the Pacific Ocean some 620 miles (1,000 km) off the coast of Ecuador. When Spanish explorers stumbled on the islands in 1535, they actually named them for these prehistoric-looking creatures, using an old Spanish world for tortoise (galápago). Hunted as food by pirates, whalers and merchant seamen, more than 100,000 tortoises were killed over the ensuing three centuries, and by the 1970s only 3,000 were believed to remain. Of the two primary types of Galápagos tortoises—saddleback and domed—sailors preferred the smaller saddlebacks, who lived at lower elevations and were easier to catch than the domed tortoises; saddleback meat was also said to taste better.
Hugo is a domed tortoise and you can find his pics in the Australian Reptile park collection !
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September 22nd, 2017
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Elbert, CO - United States
Wonderful detail in this portrait of an amazing creature! Love the shine on his shell and those short legs make me smile! l/f/g+/t
Monrovia, MD - United States
Miroslava you winged and won this one. It is wonderful and hey I know how the little "big" guy feels. LOL Wonderful, just wonderful work. L/F
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