Madagascar Facts

Image result for grandidier's mongoosetemperature in Madagascar is very hot and humid, so to keep cool the mongoose adapted itself to burrow during the day and hunt during the night, and unlike other mongooses, the Grandidier is very large. During the night, the mongoose eats invertebrates and other small organisms.

After taking control of France, there was also the proposal of the Madagascar Plan. This plan according to the document itself was a plan to send millions of Jews to Madagascar and create ghettos for residents. Along with this, the document stated, “the Jews living there will not acquire German citizenship. On the other hand, the Jews deported to Madagascar will lose their citizenship of European countries from the date of deportation. Instead they will become residents of the Mandate of Madagascar.” This plan, proposed by the German Foreign Office head, Franz Rademacher, also said that these citizens would be under the control of the Nazi SS. Also, he believed that they could use this site as a form of propaganda to try to make the Nazis

They were discovered in the kindly forest in western Madagascar an island east coast of Africa. Even though they can be found in almost all parts of the forest most of them only stay in a “small space of 220 square kilometers and never near the north part of the Tsiribihina River”(Lane). But they also inhabit the Reserve Speciale d'Andranomena since they are endangered having most of them rescued and placed there. Madame Berthe Mouse Lemur’s choice of food changes depending on what the seasons are and what's offered during those seasons. Since Microcebus berthae are omnivores they will go hunt for insects, find different fruits and flowers like fruits of mistletoe, eat insect secretions, gum arthropods and small vertebrates like geckos and chameleons. The choice of their food doesn’t really change from season to season even though their choices of food is so little. Microcebus berthae is known to be the smallest animals on earth with “height ranging between 8.6 to 12.9 cm for both male and female”(Gron KJ). And With their “weight ranging from 30.6 to 71.1

The beauty of the Silky Sifaka or pure white lemurs is astonishing and it is a shame that we need to protect so intensively creatures of this value. They are critically endangered and are only found on the island of Madagascar.

Even though the government of Madagascar has many different laws stating that lemurs should be protected in their habitat, some hunters have decided to go against the laws and hunt all lemurs anyway. Scientists have tried to help save lemurs by capturing them and putting them in a captive-breeding programs to help them to be able to give them a better chance of surviving (Jolly 76). There are around 70 different breeds of lemurs and about 16 of them have become extinct (Riley 6). There are many different breed of lemurs and researchers are still finding more and more different breeds every year. There are three new lemurs found off the coast of Africa in Madagascar. The three new lemurs are all considered to be mouse lemurs. They were named microcebus bongolavensis, microcebus danfossi, and microcebus lokobensis. And since the year 2000, the number of known mouse lemur species have nearly doubled from 8 to 15 different species. The scientists have cautioned that the number of mouse lemurs may be slightly altered if they find more genetic DNA that shows the other named mouse lemurs are not actually unique species (3). One breed of lemur that has been around for many many years is called the indri lemur. Although the indri has a smaller tail than all the other lemurs it is one of the larger lemurs. They also live in the Madagascar and jump from tree to tree and land on each branch in an upright position. The indri lemur also almost never goes down to the

Present Lemuroids are present in the island of Madagascar, off the shores of the African continent (Doyle). Their dentition pattern has what is known as a toothcomb (Larsen). They posses a pattern of two front incisors, 1 canine, three premolars, and three molars on both top and bottom. The two bottom incisors, and canines are long, finely spaced and procumbent, to facilitate the grooming of the coat (Doyle).

Though many are suffering from malnutrition and anorexia, Australia is becoming a major part of an epidemic that is impacting mass number of people globally. Obesity. In every three Australians, 2 will be obese. Obesity, though preventable, is very damaging to the society due to the health aspects and societal impacts. The shocking figures are only expected to increase, unless there are immediate changes applied to the current diet and lifestyle habits. Furthermore, as a chain affect, the risk of developing other diseases increases drastically.

2001) Recognised by the World Health Organisation, the dramatic worldwide increase in obesity has been named as ‘a global epidemic’. Although obesity occurs in all populations groups in Australia, Indigenous Australians and people from low socio-economic backgrounds are most prone to obesity. The issue of obesity and the increasing levels of

Madagascar is a country off the eastern coast of Africa in the southern part of the Indian Ocean. Madagascar is an island with an area of 587,041 square kilometers, and does not share borders with any other country. Madagascar has a tropical climate along its coast, but is very mountainous in the center. One unique geographic feature of Madagascar is its stone forest. A lot of rain eroded the limestone forming razor sharp spires. These spires form the stone forest, which allows many unique species to inhabit the formation.

Obesity is a public health issue that has devastatingly developed into a global epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is dramatically increasing worldwide at an appalling and intimidating rate with more than 1.9 billion adults aged18 years and older being overweight in 2014. Out of these 1.9 billion adults being overweight, 600 million were classified obese. While the issue regarding overweight and obesity are prevalent in all countries, the National Health and Medical Research Council stated that Australia’s obesity levels have been developing faster than any countries in the world over the past thirty years. Although obesity may have been primarily considered as a personal concern three decades ago; it is overwhelmingly a societal concern today in Australia. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have measured that in 2011 and 2012, around 63% of Australian adults had the characteristics of being overweight and corpulence. That is over a quarter of the adult population in Australia being obese.

Archaeologists predicted that the human pioneers of Madagascar somewhere around 200 and 500 A.D., when seafarers from Southeast Asia (presumably from Borneo or the southern Celebes) landed in outrigger cruising kayaks. In seventh century, the recorded history called sorabe started when Arab Muslims organized exchanging posts along the northwest drift.

Madagascar’s location is off the eastern coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean along the Mozambique Channel just south of the equator. (L. L. Colburn 1342) It is the world’s fourth largest island with a landmass of 226,498 miles (586,889 Kilometers), which includes the offshore islands. The highest point is Maromokotro, in the northern region of the island at approximately 2876 meters (9,436 feet). The most southerly part of the island is below the Tropic of Capricorn. It is almost twice the size of the state Arizona. (Ellicott and Gall 115) Madagascar can be divided into three major regions:

Madagascar is located off the coast of Southeast Africa. Madagascar was previously ruled by the British and French during the 1800’s and 1900’s until becoming independent in 1960. The Kingdom of Madagascar was ruled as constitutional democracy following their independence until 2009 when their president Marc Ravalomanana was forced to resign. The resignation of the kingdoms president was a result of pressure from the military and started the downfall of economic stability for the country.

Madagascar is an African Island located in the Indian Ocean. It has a very diverse environment including desert, savannah, tropical rainforest, mountains and grasslands. It has two seasons: hot and rainy season from November to April and a cooler, dry season from May to October, with average temps of 72 degrees. It can get 132 inches of rain in one

For my county I chose Madagascar, Africa. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2003 an index was created by the United Nations Development Program that measures successes in the categories of real income, life expectancy, and education. With that Madagascar was ranked 149 out of 175 counties. A lot of this can be due to kleptocratic rule, religion, economic colonialism, and lack of infrastructure.