Madagascar

The majority of Madagascar's terrestrial biodiversity is found in its low altitude forests, the same forests that support the livelihoods for a large percentage of the country's population. Forests provide wood, non-timber forest products, and water for the rice-growing rural population, yet only around 15 percent of the land surface remains forested, largely as a result of expanding slash-and-burn agriculture, grazing, and uncontrolled wildfires. Illicit logging of precious hardwoods, mining, and the hunting of lemurs, bats, birds, and the island's main predator the fossa, also pose serious threats to the ecological integrity of this important landscape. Collection of species for the illegal pet trade has also had a major impact on populations, of tortoises and chameleons in particular. The survival of Madagascar's numerous endemic freshwater fishes is compromised by environmental degradation, overexploitation, and invasive exotic species.

The largest living lemur is either the Indri or the Diademed Sifaka. Traditionally, the Indri was thought to be the largest, but more recent measurements show that both species average nearly the same in weight.

Within the last 2000 years (since humans arrived on the island), at least 17 species of giant lemur have gone extinct. The largest known lemur was a sloth lemur called Archaeoindris fontoynonti, which was the size of a female gorilla.

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railroads were built, roads were improved, new crops were cultivated such as: coffee and tobbacco, along with what they already grew: rice and cassava.

The Madagascar rainforest is most famously known for its "talking animals." In the forest there are lions, tigers, bears, and oh my even aligators. There is also a wise hippo that is able to fortell the future and is very willing to help out someone for the right price. It usually likes rolex watches or plane tickets to australia. The plane ticket is so it can go home because when noahs arc was formed noah took the hippos from their homes and dropped them off on a remote island because he thought they were ugly. What a dick right??

No! They're very flighty skittish creatures, but with daily handling, they are/ can be very socialable.

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Tom McGrath is the voice for "Skipper" in the movies. Apparently there is also an animated cartoon series coming out soon called "The Penguins of Madagascar". Hopefully Tom will continue the voice characterization.

Did you mean specific islands or just in general? If you were being specific, the Canary Islands.

Madagascars money

Is Madagascar a democracy?

Madagascar hissing cockroaches are not endangered, however, their habitat is slowly disappearing due to deforestation. They can also be found in various zoos around the world.

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Definitely! Okay.. Just watch Madagascar and Madagascar 2 even though they are movies its like the real thing. Great place to live =].!

Madagascar's continent is Africa so it looks like Africa

In the tropical hemisphere, like most of Africa.

Madagascar is located in the southern and eastern hemispheres.

No.. Madagascar is an island country off the coast of Africa

No one knows for sure but there are approximately 200,000 species of plants, insects and plants in Madagascar. About 75 percent of the species found in Madagascar live nowhere else on the planet

The area of Madagascar is about 587,041 square kilometers or 226,658 square miles.

The Madagascar Hissing can live up to1-5 years depending on the size.

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· Arthur L. Schawlow, Inventor of laser spectroscopy, Nobel Prize in Physics - 1990 · John Mauchly & John Presper Eckert designed ENIAC - 1990 · Noromalala Rakotovololona invented "Sac de couchage" - The sleeping bag - 2000

People greet each other in Madagascar by traditionally shaking hands and giving kisses on the cheeks.