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The Galapagos Islands were made by volcano erupting violently out of the sea. They are located in the Pacific Ocean, right on the equator. They neighbouring countries are South America and North America. The Galapagos is made up of 13 major islands, of which 5 are inhabited.
 * __ THE FRIGATE BIRD __**
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The Galapagos Islands are full of wonderful creatures but there is no other like the frigate bird. The frigate is an amazing bird and has amazing features. There are two types of frigate; there is the great and the magnificent. The frigate bird is larger than most birds on the island and most time steal their food from the smaller birds. The male magnificent frigate has a red bag or sac under its beak which is used to attract female birds in matting season; they do so by inflating this sac like a red balloon the bigger the better, it also franticly flaps its wings (picture below right) left picture: male and female frigate bird. The frigate birds mating season March-April so that is the best time to see them. I think the frigate bird is unique and special to the Galapagos Islands because there unusual way of mating and the red sac under the male’s beak is so cool and they are strange creatures. I think the frigate bird that inhabits the Galapagos Islands is a unique creature because of its red sac beneath its beak, unlike any other bird in existence. middle top picture: male frigate bird in flight, right top picture: female frigate bird, bottom left:male frigate bird, bottom middle: female frigate bird.right bottom:male and female frigate bird. By Caitlin and Samantha [] [] [] [] []