{"id":2713,"date":"2012-04-02T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vintageholidays.co.uk\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2012-04-02T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T08:00:19","slug":"the-wildlife-of-lanzarote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/","title":{"rendered":"The wildlife of Lanzarote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing on the hillsides, to a lonely mule trussed to a fence in a field, the wildlife of Lanzarote is blessed with a remarkable diversity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2714\" title=\"the wildlife of Lanzarote vintage travel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\" alt=\"the wildlife of Lanzarote\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Canary Islands as a whole, is home to than 5,000 species of invertebrates, with two species being particularly noteworthy \u2013 one is a fossil, the antophoras bee, and the other living \u2013 the cochinillas.<\/p>\n<p>Reptiles on Lanzarote, particularly lizards and geckos are endemic on the island, which, during the hot months can be seen skirting down walls and close to bright lights.<\/p>\n<p>Being an island rife with unusual, diverse and colourful wildlife, Lanzarote has long been a hub for wildlife enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>A recent series of excavations in the Orzola area, to the north of the island, deepened Lanzarote\u2019s reputation of being home to wondrously diverse and unusual wildlife further, by uncovering the fossilized eggs of a bird related to the ostrich, which is believed to have lived on the island between five and six million years ago during the Miocene period.<\/p>\n<p>The findings have led researchers from the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology to muse over the possibility that Lanzarote originated as part of the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>This possibility was unveiled by the fact that by the Miocene period these ostrich-related birds had already lost their ability to fly, suggesting that the island then became separated from the land mass that forms Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This thesis in reinforced by the fact that, although there are several similarities between the bird fossils found on Lanzarote and the African ostrich, there are also distinct differences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing on the hillsides, to a lonely mule trussed to a fence in a field, the wildlife of Lanzarote is blessed with a remarkable diversity. In fact, the Canary Islands as a whole, is home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do-in-lanzarote"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vintage Travel - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-02T08:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"273\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Handley\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/\",\"name\":\"The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-02T08:00:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c\"},\"description\":\"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"width\":410,\"height\":273,\"caption\":\"the wildlife of Lanzarote\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The wildlife of Lanzarote\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Vintage Travel - Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c\",\"name\":\"Paul Handley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Handley\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","description":"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","og_description":"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/","og_site_name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","article_published_time":"2012-04-02T08:00:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":410,"height":273,"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Handley","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/","name":"The wildlife of Lanzarote - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg","datePublished":"2012-04-02T08:00:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c"},"description":"From sandy-coloured lizards darting underneath white-washed walls, to indigenous crabs making their way across the shingles, from herds of goats grazing","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-wildlife-of-Lanzarote-vintage-travel.jpg","width":410,"height":273,"caption":"the wildlife of Lanzarote"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-wildlife-of-lanzarote\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The wildlife of Lanzarote"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c","name":"Paul Handley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Handley"},"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}