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Booby Egg Breakfast
  The Galapagos Islands are so fantastic it’s hard to tell what’s fact and what’s fiction.
But the blue-footed booby is counting on you!

If you can answer correctly at least three of the following true false questions, you will save the booby egg from becoming breakfast for the voracious vampire finch. Count Finchula means business, so good luck!
 
 


 
1. TRUE    or    FALSE
 Charles Darwin spent 25 years on the Galapagos Islands.
During this time he wrote Origin of Species, based on his
observation of the diverse plant and animal life on the island.
  Curious Fact The vampire finch is a kind of ground finch with a sharp, powerful beak that can crack open large booby eggs. This little predator has even been known to suck blood from adult birds.  

 
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