Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Geography : Wildlife, the amazing Baobabs

The Baobab trees are unique to the southern part of Africa and mainly Madagascar. They can reach amazing heights but are mostly remembered for their giant and tubular trunks. They only have branches on the very top. Lemurs are sometimes found in their branches eating the fruit but only if the trees are in a jungle so the Lemurs can hide from predators. Their fruit is edible but tastes awful to humans. You may have seen them in the movie Madagascar!

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