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Highlights: Wildlife
Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable wildlife assemblages on earth. It is not a "chip off the old Africa block", rather it is a parallel world where strange and bizarre animals and plants have evolved. At every turn there is something that jolts the senses and challenges convention. In Madagascar, expect the unexpected.
Pool and cave with large Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis). Lac Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, SW Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)
Coastal deciduous forest containing two species of baobab - Adansonia madagascariensis and Adansonia za. Near Anjajavy, north west Madagascar. (Double exposure).
Adult male Comet Moth (Argema mitteri) hanging from cocoon from where it recently emerged. Mantadia National Park, East Madagascar.
Giant Comet Orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) rainforests of eastern Madagascar.
Male Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor) in rainforest canopy. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, east Madagascar.
Darwin's Moth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) with tongue extended. From rainforest regions of eastern Madagascar. Pinned specimen.
Draceana species in lowland rainforest. Masoala National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)
Drying waterhole in deciduous forest, Kirindy. Western Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)
Dumeril's Boa (Acrantophis dumerili) with Baobab (Adansonia rubristripa) behind. Spiny forest, Ifaty, southern Madagascar.
Elephant's Foot Plant (Pachypodium rosulatum var. gracilis) on sandstone outcrop. Isalo National Park, southern Madagascar.
Elephant's Foot Plant (Pachypodium rosulatum var. gracilis) on sandstone outcrop. Isalo National Park, southern Madagascar.
Male "Emperor-type" Moth (species unknown). Mantadia National Park, East Madagascar.
