The Eighth Continent : Life, Death and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar John Green and he witnesses the effects

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The Eighth Continent : Life, Death and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar John Green and he witnesses the effectsSince the age of dinosaurs, Madagascar has thrived in isolation off the east coast of Africa. In this real life "lost world," hundreds of animal and plant species, most famously the lemurs, have evolved here and only here, while other creatures extinct elsewhere for tens of millions of years now vie with modern man for survival. It's a land of striking geography, from soaring mountains to vast canyon lands, from tropical rain forests to spiny desert.