Galapagos Mother´s Day Facts

Galapagos Sea Lions – A sea lion mother nurses her pups for 11 months. A mother and pup can recognize each others bark from the rest of the colony´s.

Galapagos Giant Tortoises – A giant tortoise mom lays up to 16 eggs at once, and leaves them in the nest. In the wild, unfortunately the mother is not able to protect the eggs or young tortoises from being eaten by feral dogs, cats, and pigs introduced by humans. Giant tortoises are raised in conservation centers on several islands where the young are protected until they can fend for themselves.

Blue-Footed Boobies  – A blue-footed booby will lay 2 to 3 eggs in a nest, and feed the hatchlings regurgitated fish. Unlike your mother, in the event of a food shortage, she will only feed the stronger chick, ensuring that at least one will survive.

Flightless Cormorant – The females and males share incubation duties of newly hatched flightless cormorant chicks. Once the chicks are more independent, the female leaves the parenting duties to the male, while she leaves to find another mate. Females can breed up to 3 times in one year.

Galapagos Penguin – Galapagos penguins are monogamous, and both the males and the females care for the young.

source: https://www.redmangrove.com/mothers-day-galapagos/