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Marine iguanas were numerous along practically every shoreline. We saw one land iguana in the wild, and three more being raised in the Darwin Center. Lava lizards were also frequently spotted.
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The thing that finally gets to you about the unity of all life, or at least all vertebrates, is the eyes. And even the expression in the eyes. You can measure the commonality of DNA between human and chicken but just to look at this marine iguana, you can see the family resemblance even after 450 million years. |
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Several spots had masses of hundreds of marine iguanas sprawled all over each other. Notice the little lava lizard joining in the fun near the top of the pile. |
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This male marine iguana is orange and green signaling that he's ready to mate. |
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A traffic calming device for iguanas. |
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Marine iguana tracks. |
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A female lava lizard -- you can tell by the red underside. |
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A lava lizard hanging out on a sleeping sea lion. |
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A land iguana in the Darwin center, and a lava lizard. |
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Another land iguana in the Darwin center. |
