Nearly a year later when writing up his notes on the return voyage he speculated that this, together with what he had been told about Galápagos tortoises, could undermine the doctrine of stability of species.
Tortoise | Galápagos Islands | Tortoise (band) | Galapagos Islands | The Tortoise and the Hare | tortoise | Black Tortoise | Tortoise Matsumoto | Subspecies of Galápagos tortoise | Red-footed tortoise | Ploughshare Tortoise ''(Astrochelys yniphora)'' | Galapagos Tortoise | Galapagos shark | Tortoise | Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos) | Galápagos tortoise | galápagos tortoise | Galápagos Martin |
Animals that visitors will see at the zoo include DeBrazza's Monkey, Kestrel, Russell's Viper, Jaguar, Jamaican Fruit Bat, Galapagos Tortoise, Fly River Turtle, Bontebok, Sulcata tortoise, Ruddy Duck, Malayan Tapir, Spectacled Owl, Chilean Flamingo, Toco Toucan, Saki Monkeys, Cotton-top Tamarin, Alligator, River Otter, Hippopotamus, Bali Mynah, Clouded Leopard, Maasai Giraffe, and White Rhinoceros.
Tortuga Bay is a short walk from center of Puerto Ayora where you can view marine iguanas, birds, galapagos crabs and a natural mangrove where you can spot white tip reef sharks and the gigantic galápagos tortoise.