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...iguanas that spit out salt, giant tortoises that can weigh 500 lbs. and blue-footed boobies that woo mates with a bizarre display of stamping, flapping and whistling. The animals of the Galapagos are unique in their trust of human beings. "It's very moving," says Jelle Z. de Boer, professor of earth science from Wesleyan. "And it provides a lesson in what mankind has done to nature elsewhere...