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| What Darwin went to the Galapagos to study |
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| two of the organisms that Darwin studied directly |
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| The number of islands in the Galapagos archipelago that Darwin actually visited |
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| What Dave Anderson, bearded ornithologist, studies |
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| better when smaller seeds are available, during wet years |
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| different types of preferred foods |
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| why birds on different islands are different species |
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| Darwin figured that all of the related species' closest ancestors could be found here |
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| the proposed way that large, nonaquatic species such as tortoises got to the Galapagos Islands |
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| why the animals on the island were unafraid of people visiting |
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| Caused the death of scores of marine iguanas due to the warming of the water and loss of the algae iguanas ate |
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| pretend to be females to sneak up on real females |
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| how smaller "sneaker" male marine iguanas get to mate |
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| type of male iguana preferred by evolution in El Nino years |
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| The type of conditions evolution seems to keep smaller, "sneaker" males around for |
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| a predator to masked booby chicks |
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| why one masked booby chick pushes the other out of the nest |
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| put the B chick back into the nest |
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| How Dave Anderson experimentally discovered what happens when a mother masked booby tries to raise two chicks |
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| factor that determines what gender (male/female) a baby tortoise is |
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| introduced species of animals |
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| the reason all of the land iguanas on Santiago Island are now extinct |
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