Madagascar
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1000 years ago, giant 300-pound turtles lived in Madagascar
(ORDO NEWS) — The islands in the western Indian Ocean were once home to giant tortoises. At least seven species of these reptiles lived here. And it was not tens of thousands of years at all. Huge turtles lived here already in ours – only 1000 years ago, and possibly even later. According to scientists, they played an important role in local ecosystems. For example, in the Seychelles and Mascarene Islands, these turtles were the only large herbivores. In Madagascar,…
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An ancient tortoise from Madagascar was described thanks to DNA analysis
(ORDO NEWS) — Paleontologists have described a giant tortoise that lived in Madagascar about a thousand years ago. It occupied the same place in the ecosystem of the island as mammoths and other large herbivores on the mainland. To date, the reptile has died out. The scientists’ study was based on a single tibia found during the excavation. They were able to isolate and analyze nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The results of the analysis showed that the turtle belongs to…
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Evolution will take 23 million years to replace the endangered fauna of Madagascar
(ORDO NEWS) — An international team of scientists has concluded that it would take nature 23 million years to create the kind of rich biodiversity seen in Madagascar. This huge number speaks of the uniqueness of the fauna of this island and the need for urgent measures aimed at its conservation. About 90% of all plant and animal species in Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth. However, they all face serious challenges caused by the destruction of their habitat…
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Paleontologists have found the cause of the extinction of the megafauna of Madagascar
(ORDO NEWS) — Paleontologists have found evidence in Madagascar that the island’s megafauna, including giant lemurs, elephant birds and pygmy hippos, died out due to massive forest burning by early farmers and pastoralists. According to the press service of the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology (MPIfG). Many scientists believe that the appearance of man in Madagascar about 2.5 thousand years ago caused the disappearance of a large number of species of large animals and birds that lived on the island.…
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Invasive toads have started killing Madagascar snakes
(ORDO NEWS) — Schlegel’s Madagascar snakes are dying en masse from poisoning by poisonous black cicatricial toads that entered the island about ten years ago. As a result, some local populations lose six percent of individuals a year and risk extinction in just a few years. Other Madagascar snakes are under threat, as well as local predatory mammals and birds. As noted in an article for the journal Biological Invasions, the same story could be repeated in Madagascar as in…
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A strain of plague found in Madagascar that is not afraid of drugs
(ORDO NEWS) — Some time ago, specialists received a message that another strain of pneumonic plague had been discovered. Fixed it directly during the outbreak that happened in Madagascar. The disease intensified at the end of winter 2013. Clinical Infectious Diseases reported. Then the scientists took quite a lot of samples, but it was only recently that they were fully analyzed. They confirmed that the Yersinia pestis strain is completely unafraid of streptomycin. This antibiotic was usually used to treat…
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Scientists predicted the breakup of Madagascar into several islands in the future
(ORDO NEWS) — Experts from the United States, Portugal and Madagascar have found that the fault in the earth‘s crust, which is gradually expanding and separating East Africa from the rest of the continent, turned out to be more complex in structure than previously thought. The fracture in the earth’s crust, which is gradually expanding and separates East Africa from the rest of the continent, turned out to be more complex in structure than previously thought. This was reported by…
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Madagascar: what we know about Covid-Organics
US, WASHINGTON (ORDO NEWS) — In recent days, a funny ballet has taken place between Madagascar and several African countries. At the request of the Head of State, Andry Rajoelina, transformed into a sales representative, the authorities have delivered in around ten countries their remedy based on artemisia, this plant with a recognized therapeutic effect against malaria, claiming that it prevented or even treated Covid-19. After alerts from WHO and other institutions, the Big Island wanted to take stock when…
