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Sea lions abandon Galapagos Islands for warm Peruvian waters - Telegraph

Sea lions play on the rocky shore of Ochoa beach in the Galapagos Islands Photo: EPA

According to the Peru-based Organisation of Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals (Orca), it is the first recorded instance of a colony of Galapagos sea lions abandoning their familiar waters around the archipelago, which belongs to neighbouring Ecuador. About 30 of the animals in the group have moved.

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Easter Island's population doubles for solar eclipse

Moais, stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture, in Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast. Picture: AFP/Martin Bernetti

TOURISTS and scientists poured into Easter Island ahead of this morning's solar eclipse, a mixed blessing of sorts for the tiny Pacific outpost. An estimated 4000 tourists, scientists, photographers, filmmakers and journalists flocked to the Chilean island of only 160 square kilometres at the weekend, doubling the population.

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