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  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Santiago Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This plant grows in the arid zone which consists of lava, ash and cinder and where only plants able to exist with little moisture can survive. Here temperatures soar up to 30 degrees Celcius. A high proportion of endemic plants have evolved under these harsh conditions in this zone. The lava cactus is a slow-growing herb which creates its own humus from dead cylindrical stems. It is a typical 'pioneer' plant that grows on barren lava flows.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    1G8061_Lava_Cactus.jpg
  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Espinosa Point<br />
Fernandina<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160619_Lava_Cactus_427.jpg
  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC
    20141211_Lava_Cactus_Fernandina_3.jpg
  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC
    20141211_Lava_Cactus_Fernandina_3.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1612_Flightless_Cormorant.tif
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1722_Flightless_Cormorant.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1722_Flightless_Cormorant.tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1781_Flightless_Cormorants.tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1781_Flightless_Cormorants.jpg
  • Scenic Punto Moreno<br />
Isabela Island<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America<br />
ENDEMIC
    20161122_Scenic_Punto_Moreno_3.tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0440_Flightless_Cormorants.tif
  • 3G0422 Flightless Cormorants.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0432_Flightless_Cormorants.jpg
  • 3G1781 Flightless Cormorants.jpg
  • 3G0427 Flightless Cormorants.jpg
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