There were gazillions of these as well. On different islands, the colors were slightly different, and this specimen is one of the brightest. Young crabs are dark green, but apparently, by the time they reach adulthood, they have no natural predators, and can afford to display this coloration. They live on the algae that grows on the bottom. The water around the Galapagos Islands is pretty cold, so after each couple of dives, these iguanas line up on the rocks to bask in the sun and get their body temperatures back up.
Many individuals have salt caked all over their faces.
Iggy Boone Like Daniel Boone, this marine iguana has a hat with a tail. Only instead of a racoon's tail, it's a lava lizard.