Videos tagged with "doni"

Canopy en Montañita [00:51]
Ruta 9, la última del recorrido completo de Canopy en Montañita
Tags: Canopy, Montañita, Ecuador, Adonis Figueroa, Priscilla Figueroa, adonisfigueroa

Canopy en Montañita [00:45]
Canopy en Montañita, murciélago....
Tags: Canopy, Montañita, Ecuador, Adonis Figueroa, adonisfigueroa

Lonesome George...Trip to the Galapagos Islands, June 2010 [00:46]
I visited the Darwin Research station in as one of my itinerary in the trip to the Galapagos Islands in June 2010. I personally saw the remaining species of this tortoise called "Lonesome George." Lonesome George (Spanish: Solitario Jorge) is the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), which is one of eight to fifteen extant subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, all of which are native to the Galápagos Islands.[1][2] He has been labeled the rarest creature in the world, and he is a potent symbol for conservation efforts in the Galápagos and conservation efforts internationally.[3] It is thought that he was named after a character played by American actor George Gobel. George was first seen on the island of Pinta on 1 December 1971 by Hungarian malacologist József Vágvölgyi. The island's vegetation had been devastated by introduced feral goats, and the indigenous G. n. abingdoni population had been reduced to a single individual. Relocated for his safety to the Charles Darwin Research Station, George was penned with two females of a different subspecies, but although eggs have been produced, none has hatched. George is estimated to be about 100 years of age, and he is in good health.[4] A prolonged effort to exterminate goats introduced to Pinta is now complete, and the vegetation of the island is starting to return to its former state. The presence of mixed race Pinta ancestry tortoises around Wolf Volcano, on neighbouring Isabela ...
Tags: lonesomegeorge, galapagosislands, Ecuador, worldtravel, Travel, Swim_butterfly

Macedonia/Ecuador Mashup [01:45]
Check out Land of Leland. They're making songs of every country. Right now they're in Eastern Europe, but maybe they'll get to South America soon. The song is called Macedonia and the video was taken in Ecuador hence the eponymous mashup.
Tags: Justin, Keller, Macedonia, Land, of, Leland, Ecuador, jacobmichaelmccoy

Nate Saint Radio Room [01:00]
This is the "Nate Saint House" in Shell, Ecuador. A few days before our visit, Mincaye, Waodoni tribesman who killed Nate Saint, came for a visit. The foreman overseeing the restoration project told us about the event.
Tags: Nate, Saint, Radio, Room, Ecuador, Waodoni, Mincaye