African fauna in Madagascar
Everyone have heard about Madagascar at least from the famous movie “ Ice Age “… It’s a mix from Malay-Indonesian and African -Arab ancestry. Its history begun 160 million years ago, when the island broke from the African Continent. Back than mammals didn’t even exist, they appeared 100 million years later, for this reason we miss theThere are remarkable exceptions of bats in Madagascar, there is not a single Madagascar mammal species in any other place of the world. It’s also one of the most bio-diverse countries on the earth. Being home to thousands of plants and animals, 80% of all can not be found anywhere in the world.
Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa opposite Mozambique. In many ways, Madagascar is literally a land that time forgot. Dwarf chameleons, tomato frogs, giant rats and hedgehog-are other curious creatures inhabiting this exotic realm, while the country’s isolation for centuries has developed remarkable tree species like swollen Baobab and the spiny forest.
But the most famous animals are the lemurs, there are more than 50 different types of these half monkeys and half squirrels. The Aye-aye have always traditionally seen a harbinger of evil. Indeed one theory exposes that the word “aye aye”.
The first human seen on Madagascar was around 2,000 years ago, with canoes hailing from India, Africa and Arabia. Back in 1794 the King Andrianampoinimerina united the various tribes of Madagascar, making it as a single kingdom.
To obtain additional land, he banned the practice of burning the rainforests. Anyway, Madagascar was always a heaven for the fiercest pirates that ever sailed the seven seas. Colorful part of nation’s culture and folklore have become tales and stories of buried treasure and he swashbuckling buccaneers’ deeds and misdeeds.
