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Galapagos Islands

Sea lion pups play near the shore of San Cristobal island, in the Galapagos Archipelago, Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. The Jessica, an Ecuadorean tanker, ran aground last week spilling at least 185,000 gallons of diesel fuel off of San Cristobal Island. Experts continue to monitor the effects of the spill that poses a threat to the unique wildlife of this fragile natural treasure where Charles Darwin forged his theory of evolution. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Sea lion pups play near the shore of San Cristobal island, in the Galapagos Archipelago, Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. The Jessica, an Ecuadorean tanker, ran aground last week spilling at least 185,000 gallons of diesel fuel off of San Cristobal Island. Experts continue to monitor the effects of the spill that poses a threat to the unique wildlife of this fragile natural treasure where Charles Darwin forged his theory of evolution. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Sea lion pups play near the shore of San Cristobal island, in the Galapagos Archipelago, Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. The Jessica, an Ecuadorean tanker, ran aground last week spilling at least 185,000 gallons of diesel fuel off of San Cristobal Island. Experts continue to monitor the effects of the spill that poses a threat to the unique wildlife of this fragile natural treasure where Charles Darwin forged his theory of evolution. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

600 miles beyond the shore
these lava isles of Ecuador
are where, with steadfast resolution,
Charles Darwin pondered evolution
of blue foot boobies and iguanas
and all the other offbeat faunas.

“The Bard of Sherman Avenue: Poems by Tom Wobker”

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