Name:_______________________

The Charles Darwin Foundation runs a Galapagos Tortoise re-introduction

program, hatching and raising tortoises in captivity and then releasing them into the wild. This has
been shown to help the dwindling populations recover from the brink of extinction.
Once tortoises are raised, they are placed back into the wild. However, they must be
placed in the proper habitat if they are going to survive. Using evidence from two different
tortoise populations, figure out where the baby tortoise belongs!
Population 1 Population 2

1- Diet
Cactus Berries
Fruit
Green and
2- Terrain Dry and
Humid Wet and
tasted
Found on thenorthern Found on the
3- Location on the and western slopes
of and south western slopes
of Volcan SierraNegra
Island Volcan Wolf

4- Body Structure Long Legs Long Megs

(necks and legs) Necks Necks
Bumpy and shell y
5- Shell Shape Bumpy and shell y

Mud baths
Dry
6- Social
Behaviors

7- DNA
Based on the evidence from the tortoise populations and from the baby tortoise, where on the
island should each baby tortoise be placed? BE SURE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM THE CHART
ABOVE AND THE BABY S INFO SHEET.

Baby Tortoise A

Baby A should live on the Northern and Western slopes of Vulcan North

Baby Tortoise B

Baby Tortoise C