Travel Mauritius Flowers and Animals

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Blazing trees with red flowers that the Mauritians call `pied banané’ because this tree its flowering in December to January and therefore it has as a reputation to announce the new year. On the other hand there is these geckos, subspecies of the lizards, which like the proximity of the fast food snacks so much where they can profit directly from the remainders of the meals produced in these snack bars Even this animal is a parasite, the gecko is presented in the form of a very elegant animal, provided d’ an extraordinary dexterity and a speed rarely seen.

Unfortunately dedicated to disappearance, the giant tortoise ceased to exist in Mauritius and on Rodrigues, the dugong, marine mammal, left the coasts of Mauritius and he now prefers those of Madagascar and Seychelles.

The Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses is a sea of greenery. It has 600 species of trees (rare spices like ebony, teak and other fruit trees, there are also 80 species of palm trees, without forgetting this famous basin of water lilies with flowers giantess and which diffuse a unforgettable perfume. It is a true jewel left by the French colonial reign)

The dodo, a species of bird, extinguished since the time of Dutch. The dodo was a rather large bird it resembled a turkey, with the yellowish and hooked nozzle. With short wings, it was unable to fly. It has been approximately three hundred years that this species disappeared definitively from the world. In spite of that, the dodo, continue to live in the hearts of the Mauritians.

In this way, one finds there in Mauritius a whole heap of memories which represent the image of this bird: on postcards and tee-shirts, the tourist can even buy the dodo carved in wood: among the inhabitants, there are of them some artists specialized there for a long time. In fact, the dodo is a discovery of Dutch colonization at the 17th century. But unfortunately, the sailors of the fleet of the Netherlands chased them for their meat. They introduced animals like cats, goats, dogs and pigs, which became again wild and ate eggs. This happened all around 1680. Today, the dodo serves d’ heraldic animal. Moreover, in Port Louis, one can admire a reproduction of the legendary dodo in the rooms of the museum of natural history: the figure is conceived after measurements of archaeological framework. To explore d’ other still alive birds in a more exact way, it is essential one makes an excursion to Black River National Park. Over there one will see also the blue pigeon and the Mauritian kestrel.Future Informations by Travel Mauritius and here for the Mauritius Weather.
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