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The Desert Speaks
Giants On A Galapagos Island
Season 16
Episode 1613
Host David Yetman and ecologist Yar Petryszyn explore the people and culture of the island of Santa Cruz then visit the Darwin Research Station and its famous saddle back tortoises, which are being reintroduced to the area after being hunted close to extinction. The crew ventures up the mountain to find volcanic craters, Scalisia forests, wild Galapagos Tortoises and Darwin Finches.
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