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Isolated by the ocean and bolstered by strong environmental protections, the Galapagos host healthy populations of unique plants and animals .
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through the blue water at the}ne6B�fish below, I didn't reflect on the Galapagos as a millio' when I shared the waters with marine iguanas and penguins, I wasn't thinking about the ecological isolation in which this archipelago developed. But as I dried off on the beach beside a giant tortoise, it finally struck me as odd that I had just spent my day coexisting with wild animals. In the Galapagos, the animals know no fear-of guns, of traps, of humans. The archipelago is a living example of the concept of environmental determinism.
