Long-necked Galapagos Tortiose with Frigate Bird coloring page

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 Here is another reptile drawing from my Reptiles post.  It is a drawing of a long-necked 

Galapagos Tortoise.  It also includes a Frigate Bird.

Long-Necked Galapagos Tortoise

There are several species of Galapagos tortoise.  One species evolved a long neck to be able to reach cactus from cactus trees.  This drawing is of one of those.  The Galapagos tortoises are the largest species of tortoise in the world.  Be aware that there ARE bigger sea turtles, but a turtle is aquatic while a tortoise is terrestrial.  In fact, a tortoise can't swim so if you put it in the water it will drown.  This long-necked Galapagos tortoise evolved from a common ancestor of the Galapagos tortoise that has shorter necks.  But natural selection in action led to these long-necked tortoises getting longer necks so they could reach cacti from cactus trees.  The drawing has a cactus but not a big cactus tree. 

Frigate Birds look like a Pterasoar when they are flying.  They are black sea birds but the males have a large red gular pouch that they inflate to attract females of the species. 

This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the Animals button and scrolling to the bottom of the list of drawings.  Have fun coloring this Galapagos tortoise!