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　　Galapagos environmental emergency

　　The government in Ecuador has declared an emergency in the Galapagos islands. A ship carrying

petrol which got stuck on the rocks last week may still carry a threat to the island group’s plants and animals.

　　The petrol tanker became stranded off the island of San Cristobal on Friday. But despite

having emptied the ship’s cargo, the authorities fear that some remaining pollutants, like motoroil, could spill over and cause environmental damage.

　　They said they’re working to remove the vessel. This is not the first ship accident in the

Galapagos. In 2001, another stranded petrol tanker spilled fuel and decimated marine life.

　　The Galapagos are home to unique animals such as the giant tortoise, the marine iguana and

the flightless cormorant. The archipelago is also known for its endemic finches, which were studied in the 1830s by the British scientist Charles Darwin. He went on to publish On the Origin of Species, his revolutionary book on evolution.