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Marine Iguana at Punta Espinosa — The coloration of the iguanas can vary slightly among different islands. The ones here on Isla Fernandina are a little more rust-colored. |
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Marine Iguana — A stately iguana staring out to sea. |
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The Budweiser Iguanas — The beer company's first choice for their ad campaigns, before the frogs. Unfortunately, "Weis" just kept snorting salt water on the producer. |
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Land Iguana — A large section of Isla Santa Cruz is named Dragon Hill for its heavy population of these non-swimming iguanas. |
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Dragon Hill — Their habitat is somewhat different, too — much more like a desert than a beach. |
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Land Iguana — One of their primary food sources is the flowers from these cacti. Once the flowers fall off, the iguanas roll them around in the sand to remove the needles. |
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Land Iguana — A meal never tastes so good as it does when you have to work for it. |
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Christmas Tree Iguana — Another variety of marine iguana is the Christmas Tree iguana, so named for its green and red coloration. |
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Christmas Tree Iguanas — And there's no shortage of them at Punta Suarez, on Isla Espanola. |
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