Socotra Island

June 25, 2009 - Posted by Josh

The island of Socotra is part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is so isolated that a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. Notable are the dragon’s blood trees that look like flying saucers perched on trunks. Dorstenia gigas are trees that require no soil and look like elephants’ legs with pink flowers on top. Birds such as the Socotra starling, Socotra sunbird, and Socotra grosbeak are found nowhere else on Earth. Bats are the island’s only native mammal. There are almost no roads on the island, which is also home to a collection of caves and a number of shipwrecks.

 
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6 Comments

  1. Benji says:

    OMG it’s weirdly beautiful <3

    ... on Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 22:02 CET
  2. Jason says:

    I wonder if they’ll grow anywhere else.

    ... on Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 00:27 CET
  3. Alan says:

    They look like mushrooms.

    ... on Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 19:07 CET
  4. Nova says:

    Oh if only I had the money to travel to places like this, though I bet they restrict tourism in such isolated locations.

    ... on Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 20:37 CET
  5. Hibou says:

    WOW, out of this world ! Imagin to have tree house like that .

    ... on Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 01:43 CET
  6. random *32 says:

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    ... on Monday, July 6, 2009 @ 12:01 CET

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