File:Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra sp.) on Floreana, Galapagos Islands (7429199342).jpg

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See here for the better shot, with the male's mouth open: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/31867959@N04/6011804119/in/set-72157627240222817/">www.flickr.com/photos/31867959@N04/6011804119/in/set-7215...</a>

The male on the left was previously mounting the female and was trying to re-obtain his position, it seemed. He was a little frustrated, to say the least. He was eventually successful, but the female seemed keen on getting away.

The tortoises of the island of Floreana went extinct after human invasion (Floreana is probably the most ecologically devastated of the islands in the archipelago, which was sad to see in a lot of ways), but recently a population of tortoises has been reintroduced from other islands (hence the species/subspecies status is uncertain in these photos, as with those I took on Isabela, also re-introduced individuals).
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Author Dallas Krentzel
Camera location1° 18′ 41.27″ S, 90° 26′ 45.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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