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Reptilian Residents

No blog about the Galápagos would be complete without a discussion of the archipelago’s reptiles.  After all, the most famous residents of the chain are the giant reptiles that bear the island’s name — the Galápagos Giant Tortoise, the world’s largest tortoise and the thirteenth heaviest reptile, weighing in at over 800 pounds.  So it is fitting we begin our review with Pepe.

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