I think it is true because musicians do have to know their instrments and they have to know how to play it how to read the music or if you sing there is a lot more to it. and with athletes they have to have good strength and they have to understand whatever sport they play.
No, since it is an island separate from the mainland Ecuador and has been uniquely isolated over the past several hundred thousand years, the species on the Galapagos Islands have had time to evolve differently and separately than those in Ecuador, leading to many different, diverse species on the Galapagos that don't exist in Ecuador
The reptile is evolving over millions of years.