GK
BIOLOGY
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Question
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Harriet
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Pariet
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Harry Potter
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Galapagos Tortoises and Evolution While visiting the Galapagos in 1835, British naturalist Charles Darwin observed local plants and animals. He became fascinated by species that seemed related to ones found on the mainland-but that also had many physical variations unique to different islands.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Harriet” was long reputed to have been one of three tortoises taken from the Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin on his historic 1835 voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. A 176-year-old tortoise believed to be one of the world’s oldest living creatures has died in an Australian zoo.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tu’i Malila, the tortoise long kept at the Royal Palace of Tonga, and associated by tradition with Captain James Cook, died in 1966.