If you had to chose one animal to be the face of the Galapagos Islands it would probably be the giant tortoise. This guy was photographed in the highlands of Santa Cruz island. I got down on the ground about six feet or so from the tortoise before it quickly approached to within a foot. It was mating season and my guide told me that the tortoise probably thought I was a female (fooled by the neck of my long lens and the reflection in the glass). I put down the long lens, grabbed my wide angle and got several shots as the tortoise slowly turned its head from one side to the other, skeptically considering the worthiness of my mating potential. Luckily for both of us, it eventually figured out that it would have better luck elsewhere.