The text has seven paragraphs. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph.
List of Headings
i The importance of getting the timing right
ii Young meets old
iii Developments to the disadvantage of tortoise populations
iv Planning a bigger idea
v Tortoises populate the islands
vi Carrying out a carefully prepared operation
vii Looking for a home for the islands’ tortoises
viii The start of the conservation project
Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD ONLY from the text in each gap.
• Originally from mainland South America
• Numbers on Galápagos islands increased, due to lack of predators
• 17th century: small numbers taken onto ships used by 8.
• 1790s: very large numbers taken onto whaling ships, kept for 9. , and also used to produce 10.
• Hunted by 11. on the islands
• Habitat destruction: for the establishment of agriculture and by various 12. not native to the islands, which also fed on baby tortoises and tortoises’ 13.
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