::CoastalSeas

The galapagos iguana is one of the only species in the lizard family that lives in both water and on land. The males can dive down deep to get their daily meals. The females stay attached to the rocks and eat the sea weed and moss. These animals are cold blooded which means that they cannot stay under water for more then ten minutes without returning to the surface to warm back up. There are between 5,000 and 10,000 lizards on the Galapagos Islands.