More than a century ago, it turns out, sailors dumped saddle backed tortoises they did not need into Banks Bay, near Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island.

一百多年前，一些海员将他们不再需要的鞍背龟丢弃在了伊莎贝拉岛沃尔夫火山附近的班克斯湾。

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Scientists thought George would be more closely related to the females from Isabela than to other Galapagos tortoises.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

The researchers placed George in the same living area as females from the nearby island of Isabela.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

The largest island,Isabela, has five different kinds of tortoises.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

At the last election, Mr Rocamora's left-leaning, anti-dynastic party, Akbayan, won 20 mayoral races including the one in Iligan, the capital of Isabela.

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Nalgae made landfall in the eastern province of Isabela on Saturday.

BBC: Philippines recovers after Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae

On election day in Isabela, police just happened to raid the radio station where Miss Padaca used to work and which was supporting her, temporarily shutting it down.

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