Darwin's Finches Lab-Galapagos Islands

By Kelly Diep
March 5, 2015
Period 1

       I am a sharp-billed finch because my beak was a knife. My partner and I survived all three rounds of the game. My partner and I live on the small island and our strategy for the first round was to have one cup and use our beaks separately to scoop the candy into the cup. For the second round, we used the same strategy which made it more efficient and faster. For the third round, our strategy was different. I held two cups and my partner used two knives to scoop up the bags of candy into the cups. Our third strategy worked the best for candy bags and we were able to get quite a few. For each round, we were able to adapt quickly and survive with enough food. Our strategies worked well with our kind of beak and teamwork played a big role in surviving the rounds.We were well-adapted to small sized seeds because we are sharp-billed ground finches and we were able to gather an efficient amount of food for both of us. We rarely had competition because our strategy was to move all the candy to our side and begin scooping while everyone else was focusing on their own. We made the best out of knives and used them efficiently to do our best to survive the game.

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