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Animals

By Mainty
   Butterfly (photo: Karl Lehmann) Butterfly
Photo: K. Lehmann
Madagascar's wildlife is special and most of its species exist nowhere else in the world.

Why? Because long time ago, Madagascar wasn't an Island. It was part of a huge continent called Gondwanaland which included India, Africa, South America, Australia and Antarctica. The huge continent moved slowly through years and formed a number of independent areas of land. So Madagascar--and its animals--became cut off from the rest of the world.

To be continued...

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