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What threatens the marine iguana?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Marine Iguanas are found only on the Galapagos Islands. They have very few defenses against introduced animals because they have evolved in an environment with very few natural predators. Rats prey on the eggs, cats prey on their young, and dogs prey on even the adults.

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