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Study: Island animals are more tame

Jan 13, 2014, 10:46 AM EST
Nadir, a vendor selling spiny tailed lizards known as dhab, poses his reptiles at a market in Rawalpindi on October 22, 2013.
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The theory was included in Charles Darwin's research conducted about the Galapagos Islands: That island animals are more likely to be tamed easily because of the less severe presence of predators. Part of Darwin's evolutionary work also included the generally-accepted theory that animals will adapt to their environment over generations. Scientists observed lizards, and concluded that flight initiation distance is reduced on islands.

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