Nature

An Island Where Most Wildlife Exists Nowhere Else

An Island Where Most Wildlife Exists Nowhere Else
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Did you know about 90% of Madagascar's wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth? After splitting from other landmasses tens of millions of years ago, the island evolved its own cast entirely — over 100 kinds of lemur, tiny colour-shifting chameleons, and the alien-looking baobab trees of the famous Avenue of the Baobabs.

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