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2.44sNARRATOR: The isolated Galapagos Islands.
3.2sA veritable pageant of evolutionary science.
3.3sHome to dozens of species found nowhere else,
3.1ssuch as Darwin's finches and the marine iguana.
1.93sAlso the blue-footed booby!
4.12sThat's fairly interesting! Note the blue coloration of the...
2.3sOf all the creatures in the Galapagos,
4.82snone is rarer or more tragic than the Pinta Island tortoise.
3.54sOnly a single living specimen is known to exist,
1.43sLonesome Hubert.
4.5sSad news, everyone. I'm lonesome.
2.77sHey, would it cheer you up if we gave you a symbiotic parasite cleaning?
1.85sWould it? Would it? Would it?
2.85sFine, knock yourself out.
4.04sThe Galapagos finches eat parasites off the tortoise's skin,
2.29sa mutually beneficial arrangement.
1.78sExcept for the parasite!
2.42sHow's that, Hubert? Feeling better?
5sA good beaking usually cheers me right up, but today it's no use.