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  1. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  2. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  3. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  4. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  5. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  6. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Politics #Populism #Stupidity

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  7. 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗷𝗻𝗮 200 𝗷𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗹á𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀-𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Voor het eerst in meer dan 180 jaar lopen er weer reuzenschildpadden rond op het Galápagos-eiland Floreana. De ondersoort van de reuzenschildpad die hier leefde werd in de jaren 1840 uitgeroeid door walvisjagers die de schildpadden als voedselbron gebruikten tijdens hun jachtreizen. De...

    rtl.nl/nieuws/opmerkelijk/arti

    #Reuzenschildpad #200jaar #Galápagos

  8. Today, no one knows how many rentals there are, not even #Ecuador’s government. The islands’ hotel association has documented 1,364 Airbnbs this year compared with about 300 legal hotels, hostels & guest houses.

    Ghost hotels have also sprung up: unmarked & #unregulated properties that advertise online, turning apartment blocks into hotels (with spas, gyms & uniformed staff).

    #wildlife #MarineLife #conservation #Galapagos #Airbnb

  9. [Social media] removes the trust between writer and reader by flattening meaning to the single most offensive understanding and proliferating that version alone.
    -- Fonda Lee (Comment on Twitter)

    #Quotes #FondaLee #SocialMedia #Trust #Twitter

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology