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About Why Are The Galapagos Iguanas Disappearing? | Vanishing Dragons

The Galapagos Islands is home to one of the most unusual creatures in the world, the marine iguana. These animals have for billions of years survived in Galapagos & adapted to their hostile environment. A few years ago, however, they started to die in huge numbers & experts are at a loss. What threatens those dinosaur-like animals & what can be done to prevent them from going extinct?

Why Are The Galapagos Iguanas Disappearing? | Vanishing Dragons is presented by Real Wild. Its listed runtime is 44 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, Why Are The Galapagos Iguanas Disappearing? | Vanishing Dragons uses galapagos, iguanas, disappearing as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
Why Are The Galapagos Iguanas Disappearing? | Vanishing Dragons
Category
Society
Runtime
44 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real Wild

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