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This week on the podcast we are taking a brief detour from sharks to explore the fascinating world of turtles and tortoises! We are diving into the research of SOSF project leader and turtle specialist Alessia Lavigne, who has been trying to understand why turtle and tortoise eggs sometimes fail to hatch. Turtles and tortoises (known collectively as the testudines) are, like sharks, one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet. Understanding when and why reproduction fails is crucial to ensuring their protection - and Alessia has made huge strides in this area. In this episode we dive deep into her research and learn everything there is to know about these amazing creatures. Plus, we meet some iconic species, including the Aldabra giant tortoise.  Alessia is on instagram and TikTok as @turtle_eggsplorer.  Timestamps:  0-7.00: Intro 7.07-17.11: How did Alessia get into the world of turtle research? 17.28 - 26.20: Turtle biology 26.40 - 32.51: Climate change and other threats 32.00 - 47.00: Alessia's research and reproductive failure Shownotes: www.saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/podcast You can find out more about the Save Our Seas Foundation on Instagram and TikTok (@savourseasfoundation) and twitter (@SaveOurSeas). 

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Mauricio es una isla ubicada en el océano Índico, al este de Madagascar. Es conocida oficialmente como la República de Mauricio. El país es conocido por sus hermosas playas de arena blanca, aguas cristalinas y arrecifes de coral. Es un destino popular para el turismo de playa y buceo. Mauricio es uno de los destinos turísticos más seguros de África y ha sido reconocido por su estabilidad política y bajo índice de criminalidad. El idioma oficial de Mauricio es el inglés, pero también se hablan el francés y el criollo mauriciano. Mauricio tiene una rica diversidad cultural debido a su historia colonial y a la mezcla de influencias indias, africanas, francesas y chinas. El mercado de Port Louis, la capital de Mauricio, es famoso por su vibrante ambiente y su amplia variedad de productos locales, como especias, artesanías y ropa. Mauricio es conocido por sus plantaciones de caña de azúcar. El ron de Mauricio es muy valorado y se produce a partir de la caña de azúcar cultivada en la isla. El dodo, un ave no voladora endémica de Mauricio, se convirtió en un símbolo de extinción y conservación. El dodo se extinguió a finales del siglo XVII. Mauricio alberga el Parque Nacional Black River Gorges, que es el parque nacional más grande del país y cuenta con una gran diversidad de flora y fauna. El Jardín Botánico de Pamplemousses en Mauricio es uno de los jardines botánicos más antiguos del hemisferio sur y alberga una amplia variedad de especies de plantas, incluido el famoso nenúfar gigante. Mauricio tiene una mezcla única de cocina influenciada por las tradiciones culinarias india, china, criolla y francesa. El curry de Mauricio es especialmente popular. El festival de Maha Shivaratri es una de las celebraciones religiosas más importantes de Mauricio, que atrae a miles de hindúes cada año. La cascada de Chamarel en Mauricio es conocida por su tierra de colores, que consiste en dunas de arena de diferentes colores, que van desde el rojo y el marrón hasta el púrpura y el amarillo. El surf es un deporte popular en Mauricio debido a sus excelentes condiciones para practicarlo, especialmente en la región de Tamarin Bay. La moneda oficial de Mauricio es la rupia mauriciana. Mauricio alberga una población de tortugas gigantes de Aldabra, una especie en peligro de extinción que se encuentra principalmente en las Seychelles. El equipo nacional de fútbol de Mauricio se llama "Los Dodos" en honor al ave extinta que solía habitar la isla. Mauricio ha experimentado un crecimiento económico notable en las últimas décadas y se considera uno de los países más prósperos de África. El Festival Internacional Kreol es un evento anual en Mauricio que celebra la cultura y el idioma criollo mauriciano. El volcán Trou aux Cerfs, ubicado en Curepipe, es un destino turístico popular en Mauricio. Los visitantes pueden caminar hasta el cráter y disfrutar de impresionantes vistas panorámicas.

Thanks to Oz from Las Vegas for suggesting this week's topic! Further reading: Bobi, the supposed 'world's oldest dog' at 31, is little more than a shaggy dog story Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years Scientists Identify Genetic Drivers of Extreme Longevity in Pacific Ocean Rockfishes Scientists Sequence Chromosome-Level Genome of Aldabra Giant Tortoise Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1,000 years old or more A Greenland shark [photo by Eric Couture, found at this site]: The rougheye rockfish is cheerfully colored and also will outlive us all: An Aldabra tortoise all dressed up for a night on the town: Escarpia laminata can easily outlive every human. It doesn't even know what a human is. Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Shaw. This week we have a great suggestion by Oz from Las Vegas. Oz wanted to learn about some animals that will outlive us all, and gave some suggestions of really long-lived animals that we'll talk about. We had a similar episode several years ago about the longest lived animals,where for some reason we talked a lot about plants, episode 168, but this is a little different. But first, a quick correction! Last week we talked about the dodo and some of its relations, including the Nicobar pigeon. I said that the Nicobar pigeon lived in the South Pacific, but Pranav caught my mistake. The Nicobar pigeon lives in the Indian Ocean on the Nicobar Islands, which I should have figured out because of the name. Anyway, back in the olden days when I was on Twitter all the time, I came across a tweet that's still my absolute favorite. Occasionally I catch myself thinking about it. It's by someone named Everett Byram who posted it in January 2018. It goes: “DATE: so tell me something about yourself “ME: I am older than every dog” Not only is it funny, it also makes you thoughtful. People live a whole lot longer than dogs. The oldest living dog is a chihuahua named Spike, who is 23 years old right now. A dog who was supposed to be even older, 31 years old, died in October of 2023, but there's some doubt about that particular dog's actual age. Pictures of the dog taken in 1999 don't actually look like the same dog who died in 2023. The oldest cat who ever lived, or at least whose age is known for sure, died in 2005 at the age of 38 years. The oldest cat known who's still alive is Flossie, who was born on December 29th, 1995. If your birthday is before that, you're older than every cat and every dog. The oldest human whose age we know for sure was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years. We talked about her in episode 168. The oldest human alive today, as far as we know, is Maria Branyas, who lives in Spain and will turn 117 years old on her next birthday in March 2024. It's not uncommon for ordinary people to live well into their 90s and even to age 100, although after you reach the century mark you're very lucky and people will start asking you what your secret for a long life is. You might as well go ahead and make something up now to tell people, because it seems to mainly be genetics and luck that allow some people to live far beyond the lives of any dog or cat or most other humans. Staying physically active as you age also appears to be an important factor, so keep moving around. But there are some animals who routinely outlive humans, animals who could post online and say “I am older than every human” and the others of its species would laugh and say, “Oh my gosh, it's true! I'm older than every human too!” But they don't have access to the internet because they are, for instance, a Greenland shark. We talked about the Greenland shark in episode 163. It lives in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans where the water is barely warmer than the freezing point. It can grow up to 23 feet long, or 7 meters, with females being larger than males. Despite getting to such enormous sizes,

Über die SH Diana haben wir bereits zu ihrer Taufe im April 2023 in einer Podcast-Episode berichtet. Jetzt waren wir allerdings mit der SH Diana auf Reisen, nämlich auf einer tropischen Expedition zum Aldabra-Atoll und nach West-Madagaskar. Wir sprechen in dieser Podcast-Episode über diese Reise und das Expeditions-Erlebnis mit der SH Diana in einem so ungewöhnlichen Fahrtgebiet. Dazu gehört auch einer der am schwersten zu erreichenden und entsprechend von nur rund 900 Menschen pro Jahr besuchten Orte, dem Aldabra-Atoll, dem westlichsten Teil der Seychellen und Unesco-Weltnaturerbe. Wir sprechen darüber, was Aldabra so besonders macht, berichten aber natürlich auch über Madagaskar, die Menschen, die Kultur und die Landschaften dort. Außerdem gehen wir noch einmal kurz auf die SH Diana von Swan Hellenic ein und sprechen über die Aspekte, über die wir nach einem nur wenige Stunden dauernden Aufenthalt zur Taufe des Schiffs im April nicht sinnvoll berichten konnten, wie das Essen und der Service an Bord des Expeditions-Kreuzfahrtschiffs. After-Show als Bonus und Extra-Podcast für unsere Steady-Abonnenten In der After-Show zu dieser Podcast-Episode geht es um den Verkauf der AIDAaura an Celestyal Cruises und ihre Zukunft als Celestyal Discovery. Und wir diskutieren über die aktuell von vielen Kreuzfahrthäfen gemeldeten Passagier-Rekorde für 2023, die auch die Zahlen von vor der Pandemie übertreffen. Die After Show, ebenso wie die werbefreie Version des Podcasts, ist ein besonderes Goodie [exklusiv für unsere Unterstützer via Steady](https://steadyhq.com/de/cruisetricks-podcast/about), das wir in einem eigenen, kleinen Podcast bereitstellen. Bei Steady finden Sie als Abonnent eine [genaue Anleitung](https://get.steadyhq.help/hc/de/articles/360002251118), wie Sie diesen Podcast abonnieren können. Werbefrei hören den Podcast all diejenigen von Ihnen, die uns mit einem Steady-Abonnement monatlich unterstützen. Den Podcast und die After-Show gibt es deshalb für Steady-Abonnenten an einem Stück komplett und ohne Werbeunterbrechungen über den personalisierten RSS-Podcast-Feed bei Steady – siehe oben.

We're heading back to the Seychelles this week to chat with research and programme directors for the Save Our Seas Foundation D'Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC), Dr Rob Bullock and Henriette Grimmel! Both Rob and Henriette have lots of experience and knowledge in the application of scientific research to marine policy, spatial planning and conservation. And, where they live and work – D'Arros, located in the outer islands of the Seychelles – is the perfect example of how science can be applied to protect and restore marine ecosystems. We talk about the magic of D'Arros, the impressive suite of long-term monitoring programmes carried out by the SOSF-DRC, and the long and complex process of designating and managing a Marine Protected Area (MPA). There are also cameos from the Aldabra giant tortoises, baby sharks, Sir David Attenborough and a VERY friendly manta ray called Jackson.  Shownotes: www.saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/podcast   You can find out more about the D'Arros Research Centre here https://saveourseas.com/sosf-darros-research-centre/ or by following them on instagram, @darrosresearchcentre.    And you can find us on instagram (@saveourseasfoundation) and twitter (@SaveOurSeas). 

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Le lundi 3 octobre, les Explorations de Monaco sont reparties en mission à travers les mers du globe. Basé au port du Cap, le S.A Agulhas II transporte de nombreux scientifiques qui vont étudier le sud-ouest de l'Océan Indien pendant deux mois. Le navire doit faire escale à la Réunion et à l'Ile Maurice. Il se rendra ensuite aux Seychelles pour explorer l'atoll d'Aldabra et Saya de Malha, une île immergée située en haute mer. S.A.S le Prince Albert II rejoindra l'expédition d'ici fin octobre. Robert Calcagno, administrateur délégué de la Société des Explorations de Monaco, répond à Nathalie Michet. 

In this episode, Phil and Roy have a discussion with the one and only, Eddie Soto, of Serpentera Exotics. We discuss a wide range of topics, from the complexity of outdoor keeping, to what it takes to establish a species in captivity, to obscure Asian agamids, to Eddie's iconic Aldabra tortoise, Jupiter. Have a listen, and please like, subscribe, and share, if you feel so inclined! SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/7-eddie-soto/ LINKS FROM THE EPISODE: Serpentera Exotics on FB: https://www.facebook.com/SerpenteraSoto/ Follow Eddie on Instagram: @serpenteraexotics Support, Subscribe  & Follow: CHECK OUT Custom Reptile Habitats CLICK HERE Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/projectherpetoculture Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0UCdymrooiNVloQlxrW1FA Follow P : H on Instagram: @projectherpetoculture Follow Phil on Instagram: @aridsonly Follow Roy on Instagram: @wellspringherp 

Frank Murphy's friend Kristen Detrow is today's co-host. Frank's friend Bean complimented Kristen's previous appearance on the show.  Subscriber Rena' recently adopted some rescue tortoises. She graciously sent a photo and video. Kristen's daughter wanted a pet tortoise that she could name Mr. Sweatpants. Zoo Knoxville is known for its successful tortoise habitat. “Big Al”' the Aldabra tortoise follows us on Twitter and posts tortoise jokes on Tuesdays.  Kristen smuggled a baby snapping turtle into her college dorm room but eventually had to let it go back into the wild. Frank's family had pet ducklings which they let loose in the Bronx River when they became ducks.  Frank is worried that he came across too strong the last time Kristen and her husband Jeff visited. He gave them a fig plant for their yard. Frank sent Kristen the Facebook invitation for an event called the “Fig Frolic” in Ooltewah on September 17.  Attendees are supposed to bring a fig plant to the Fig Frolic for a white elephant exchange. To reserve free tickets, Frank had to answer a questionnaire about his level of fig expertise. He chose “intermediate.” Frank is hoping to get a Violette de Bordeaux fig tree in the white elephant exchange.  Frank can't figure out why his Brown Turkey fig trees are producing fruits of very different shapes, sizes, and colors. While picking figs this morning, a limb broke off in Frank's hand. When that happens, he buries his mistakes. He cut the limb into about 15 cuttings and planted them in case one or two take root. Frank currently has 28 fig trees growing in his yard.  Kristen and Jeff are about to become empty-nesters when their daughter goes to college. Frank and his wife Jere have been empty-nesters for several years. They like it when Jere's sister and her husband come to visit.  Frank asks if Kristen has any hobbies and is thrilled to learn that both Kristen and Jeff enjoy crossword puzzles. Kristen says she's addicted to TikTok. They like to binge watch Jeopardy! by letting episodes accumulate on their DVR. Kristen has bad luck with plants but wants to do better. She puts googly eyes on her plants.  When Jere's sister and her husband arrived for a visit they needed to fill their gas tank before going out to dinner. Jere suggested they all go to the supermarket to get discounted gas. They took three cars in order to share the discount. Frank realized they were wasting some of their discounted gas when they then took all three cars to Culver's for dinner.  Frank likes the ButterBurgers at Culver's so much that he started buttering his buns at home too. He plans to cook bison burgers with buttered buns when he goes glamping with the twins at Smoky Hollow Outdoor Resort in Sevierville. The twins are his cousins-once-removed Megan & Erin, who are singer-songwriters in Nashville.  When they got to Culver's, a young boy asked Frank to sit with him and his mother. The boy said his name was Gianni and that he was four-years-old. Gianni's mom talked on her phone the entire time. Frank thinks Gianni may have thought that Frank was alone and needed a friend. Jere thinks that Gianni may have thought Frank looked like Santa.  This episode is sponsored by BoneZones.com (don't forget the S). Buy books and other merchandise autographed by Body Farm founder Dr. Bill Bass at https://bonezones.com/  Tickets for the Dr. Bill Bass Birthday Bash at Cherokee Caverns on August 29, 2022 are on sale now at https://www.historiccherokeecaverns.com/  Support the Frank & Friends Show by purchasing some of our high-quality merchandise at https://frank-friends-show.creator-spring.com  Sign up for a 30-day trial of Audible Premium Plus and get a free premium selection that's yours to keep. Go to http://AudibleTrial.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  Find us online https://www.FrankAndFriendsShow.com/  Please subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://YouTube.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  and hit the bell for notifications.  Find the audio of the show on major podcast apps including Spotify, Apple, Google, iHeart, and Audible.  Find us on social media:  https://www.facebook.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  https://www.instagram.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  https://www.twitter.com/FrankNFriendsSh  Thanks!

“…and today we're talking about the largest shelled reptile that lives on land maybe! But more on that later…” A strange reptile that lives on a strange type of island will surely deliver in the weird department. Islanders are known for showing some interesting adaptations that mainlanders may find funny. But when you're surrounded by […]

Jon talks about the Aldabra Tortoise and its exhibit at the Louisville Zoo. Hosted by Jon Harlan, Produced and Edited by Noah Wilder Music Credits: Will Van De Crommert --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/zoo-pals/support

Tune in while we discuss what makes a successful butterfly garden, and then dive in with some of the oldest animals on the planet! We discuss the African slender-snouted crocodile, the scarlet macaw, the human fish (olm), the tuatara lizard, the bowhead whale, the Aldabra giant tortoise, the koi fish, greenland sharks, prehistoric nematode brown worms, and the immortal jellyfish! We love to hear your animal questions. Please send us your questions at animalofthedaypodcast@gmail.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/animaloftheday/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animaloftheday/support

There are few places on our planet that have not in some way been shaped by humans. We’re looking at how, for better or worse, we’ve made a mark on our world, and whether it’s possible to escape the influence of us.To begin, we travel to Aldabra - an idyllic coral atoll in the Indian ocean. It’s one of the most remote places in the world, home to giant tortoises and very little human intrusion. Yet even in this largely uninhabited spot, traces of humanity can be found.Next we’ll be exploring an island far away from anywhere else, right in the middle of the Atlantic. Ascension Island is an arid landscape. But it’s also home to a lush man-made tropical forest. What lessons can we learn from one of humanity’s largest ever landscaping projects?To finish, we’ll hear from journalist Judith D. Schwartz. She explains how human influence - even that thousands of years in the making - has and can be reversed. Thank you for listening to another series of the BBC Earth podcast.As ever, we love hearing from you on social media, so do share with us your favourite episode so far or a story that amazed, surprised or moved you…To find out more about David Attenborough’s stunning natural world series, A Perfect Planet, visit the BBC Earth website: bbcearth.comWebsite: www.bbcearth.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/bbcearth/Instagram: www.instagram.com/bbcearth/Twitter: www.twitter.com/bbcearth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Learn about how patient O became patient zero, what it takes for a species to evolve twice, and how pesky fruit flies keep getting into your garbage. Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/ It's "Patient O," Not "Patient Zero" by Ashley Hamer Researchers Clear “Patient Zero” From AIDS Origin Story. (2016, October 26). NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/10/26/498876985/mystery-solved-how-hiv-came-to-the-u-s  ‌Worobey, M., Watts, T. D., McKay, R. A., Suchard, M. A., Granade, T., Teuwen, D. E., Koblin, B. A., Heneine, W., Lemey, P., & Jaffe, H. W. (2016). 1970s and ‘Patient 0’ HIV-1 genomes illuminate early HIV/AIDS history in North America. Nature, 539(7627), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19827  With Iterative Evolution, a Species Can Evolve TWICE by Cameron Duke Brigit Katz. (2019, May 13). How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-evolution-brought-flightless-bird-back-extinction-180972166/ Mancini, M. (2019, May 31). Iterative Evolution: Did the Aldabra Rail Evolve Twice? HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/iterative-evolution.htm Hume, J. P., & Martill, D. (2019). Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 666–672. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz018 How do fruitflies keep getting into my house? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Julien) Binns, C. (2012, November 18). Where Do Fruit Flies Come From? Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/32251-where-do-fruit-flies-come-from.html  ‌Drosophila melanogaster. (2020). Animal Diversity Web. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Drosophila_melanogaster/  ‌Fruit Flies | Entomology. (2017). Uky.Edu. https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef621  ‌van Breugel, F., & Dickinson, M. H. (2014). Plume-Tracking Behavior of Flying Drosophila Emerges from a Set of Distinct Sensory-Motor Reflexes. Current Biology, 24(3), 274–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.023  ‌Markow, T. A. (2015). The secret lives of Drosophila flies. ELife, 4. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.06793  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krisha suggests asking talented friends to contribute a theme song for the podcast. Frank “Little Timmy,” an accordion player who performed at the Lawrence Welk Resort and Theatre. Krisha reveals that she loves the Lawrence Welk Show, which she watches on East Tennessee PBS. Krisha is a fan of Big Al the Aldabra tortoise at Zoo Knoxville. Big Al follows Krisha on Twitter. Krisha wants to meet Big Al in person. Frank recommends Zoo Knoxville's Vimeo channel, which has a Big Al video: https://vimeo.com/462748610  Frank had a pet tortoise in California which died from a common respiratory disease. A taxidermist in Alabama freeze-dried the tortoise. Sign up for a 30-day trial of Audible Premium Plus and get a free premium selection that's yours to keep. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/KrishaAndFrank Listen to our podcast on your choice of apps. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell for notifications: https://YouTube.com/KrishaAndFrank  

Small island developing states increasingly find themselves with large amounts of plastic waste.  A recent study looked at the financial cost for removing it. Aldabra Atoll is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Seychelles.  It is the world’s second-largest coral atoll and is the home of 307 species of animals and plants, including the […]

Jeremy Raguain is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator at Seychelles Islands Foundation, the leading environmental conservation organisation of the Seychelles Islands. In this episode, we talk to Jeremy about the conservation work he and his team have led in two UNESCO World Heritage Natural Sites - the beautiful coral atoll Aldabra, and the famous nature reserve named Vallée de Mai. Jeremy's insights and stories about these two other-worldly locations get us excited about conserving them. www.peopletakingaction.org Get your own copy of 'United We Are Unstoppable': bit.ly/united_we_are_unstoppable Find out more about Jeremy's work: www.sif.sc/ www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-raguain-a0b8b1bb/ Get in touch with Jeremy: Twitter: @mahesituated Facebook: Jeremy Sadler Instagram: @Turtlecommuter SIF's New Documentary: Island Under Seige https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf3PcL8gUpU --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peopletakingaction/message

There are 47 countries in total on the African continent. This includes the disputed Western Sahara territory too. The islands of the African coast are also included in the list which makes it a total of 53 countries. The African island nations constitute Cape Verde, Madagascar, Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, and Mauritius. Each of them is a sovereign nation in their own independent rights. These African island countries are quite famous for their captivating and awe-striking beauty and deserve to be added to your bucket list. They attract not only world explorers but also newly married couples.If you are someone who is looking for white and pristine sandy beaches, crystal clear sea waters, warm oceans, and unique wildlife, histories of the past days, and friendly locals, a visit to the African islands is a must. Africa's stunning island beauties have plenty to offer including some of the thrilling and engaging activities.The list of best African islands to visit shows us how wonderfully the east coast of Africa is blessed with a plethora of incredible islands. Each of them is washed by the warm ultramarine waters of the Indian Ocean.1. Cape Verde, one of the most significant islands of the west coast of Africa is a perfect getaway among African island countries. Considered as a trendy island, Sal is the most visited destination of the island. Also, Sal is one of the 10 most beautiful islands of the African archipelago. A prominent part of the West African islands map, this place is a must visit for tourists who wish to blend into the vivid African culture on their visit.The word ‘Sal' means salt in the Portuguese language truly justifies its name for the white sprawling sandy beaches. Sal has risen in popularity as compared to the other islands due to the easy accessibility and convenience. Santa Maria which is the main town of the beautiful island of Sal is embellished with beautiful pastel colored houses. There are also several options for bars, restaurants, live events, and music. The nightlife of Sal is also radiant and full of energy. Cape Verde is one of the most ideal islands in Africa for a honeymoon.2. São Tomé Island is the largest and the most prominent island of São Tomé and Príncipe. Many of the people living here speak in the Portuguese language. Situated off the west coast of Central Africa, this island is popular among tourists for the opportunities of adventurous sports. Those who want to feel the adrenaline rush can dive into the blue waters of the Indian Ocean and go for snorkeling. One should not forget to explore the quaint and sleepy village of fishermen and sit for bird-watching in their leisure time. Other activity options include trying some of the best world's coffee and chocolates.So, if you are longing for new horizons and fresh surroundings, you should definitely visit this island with your loved ones. São Tomé and Príncipe is a great Lost World.3 Comoros is an off-beat destination dwelling off the east coast of Africa. The lovers of peace and tranquility will be very content with Comoros, one of the most significant East African islands. Comoros also boasts of pristine beaches, amazing reefs for snorkelers, rich rainforests and a fantastic blend of Swahili and Arabian culture.Mohéli also called as Mwali is the smallest of the major three African islands which form the nation of Comoros. Mohéli is wild and less crowded. Mohéli Marine Park is the only national park of Comoros. Mohéli also called the nature island, values ecotourism. The charming people and the pureness and freshness of Mohéli will surely captivate you.4.The Republic of Mauritius is an archipelago with the islands of Mauritius, Rodriguez, St. Brandon, and Agaléga. Mauritius is a cultural melting pot of African, European and Indian influences. Mauritius is one of the most preferred destinations for honeymooners.Mauritius has countless options of African island beach resorts and stunning shores. It is also a world-class place for activities like deep-sea fishing and scuba diving. The islands deep within hold a habitat of many mammals, birds, and plant species.5.Seychelles Situated towards the east of Kenya, Seychelles archipelago holds 115 paradise islands. Seychelles has the smallest population compared to the other sovereign African countries.Visitors are drawn to the island's white sand beaches, azure waters for snorkeling and diving and the rare wildlife consisting of Aldabra giant tortoise and pelagic seabirds. Seychelles cuisine is a must-try, as it is a beautiful blend of African, European and Asian influences. An expansion of luxury resorts also makes Seychelles an excellent choice for honeymoon couples.A visit to Praslin, the second largest island of Seychelles, Africa will make you keep coming back for more. Earlier, Praslin was a hideout place for Arab merchants and even pirates, but now it stands as a popular destination with many African island beach resorts and hotels.The best African islands to visit usually include the West African islands and the East African Islands bordered by the beaches of the Indian Ocean. They can genuinely compete with Mediterranean and Caribbean islands concerning natural splendor. The North African islands and South African islands are also significant ones for traveling if we consider the few destinations there.

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This week let's take a look at some animals (and other living organisms) that live the longest! This isn't Methuselah itself (scientists aren't saying which tree it is, to keep it safe), but it's a bristlecone pine: The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree in Sri Lanka, planted in 288 BCE by a king: Some trees of the quaking aspen colony called Pando: Glass sponges (this one's called the Venus Flower Basket): Further reading: Glass sponge as a living climate archive Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we’re going to look at the world’s longest lived animals and other organisms. We’re straying into plant territory a little bit here, but I think you’ll agree that this is some fascinating information. The oldest human whose age we can verify was a French woman who lived to be 122 years old, plus 164 days. Her name was Jeanne Calment and she came from a long-lived family. Her brother lived to the age of 97. Jeanne was born in 1875 and didn’t die until 1997. But the sad thing is, she outlived her entire family. She had a daughter who died of a lung disease called pleurisy at only 36 years old—in fact, on her 36th birthday—and her only grandson died in a car wreck in his late 30s. Jeanne remained healthy physically and mentally until nearly the end of her life, although she had always had poor eyesight. It’s not all that rare for humans to live past the age of 100, but it is rare for anyone to live to age 110 or beyond. But other animals have average lifespans that are much, much longer than that of humans. In episode 163 we talked about the Greenland shark, which can live for hundreds of years. The oldest Greenland shark examined was possibly as old as 512 years old, and the sharks may live much longer than that. It’s actually the longest-lived vertebrate known. No one’s sure which terrestrial vertebrate lives the longest, but it’s probably a tortoise. Giant tortoises are famous for their longevity, routinely living beyond age 100 and sometimes more than 200 years old. The difficulty of verifying a tortoise’s age is that to humans, tortoises all look pretty much alike and we don’t always know exactly when a particular tortoise was hatched. Plus, of course, we know even less about tortoises in the wild than we do ones kept in captivity. But probably the oldest known is an Aldabra giant tortoise that may have been 255 years old when it died in 2006. We talked about giant tortoises in episode 95. But for the really long-lived creatures, we have to look at the plant world. The oldest individual tree whose age we know for certain is a Great Basin bristlecone pine called Methuselah. Methuselah lives in the Inyo National Forest in the White Mountains in California, which of course is on the west coast of North America. In 1957 a core sample was taken from it and other bristlecone pines that grow in what’s called the ancient bristlecone pine forest. Many trees show growth rings in the trunk that make a pattern that’s easy to count, so the tree’s age is easy to determine as long as you have someone who is patient enough to count all the rings. Well, Methuselah was 4,789 years old in 1957. It probably germinated in 2833 BCE. Other trees in the forest were nearly as old, with at least one possibly older, but the sample from that older tree is lost and no one’s sure where the tree the sample came from is. Another bristlecone pine, called the Prometheus Tree, germinated even earlier than Methuselah, probably in 2880 BCE, but it’s now dead. A grad student cut it down in 1964, possibly by accident—stories vary and no one actually knows why he cut the tree down. The bristlecone pine is now a protected species. There are other trees estimated to be as old as Methuselah. This includes a yew in North Wales that may be 5,000 years old and is probably at least 4,000 years old, and a cypress in Iran that’s at least 2,

Avec Lorène on travail ensemble depuis un bon bout de temps et pourtant, sur le papier notre collaboration ne semble pas si évidente. C'est ce dont on parle dans ce podcast, mais aussi du milieu de la musique en général, de la place de la pop dans le paysage musicale et d'autre trucs. Lorène est une artiste complete, avec un courage et une passion remarquable. Retrouve tout à son sujet dans le lien ci dessous : https://www.lorenealdabra.com

Aflevering 51 is door een marathon en babydrukte een kortere aflevering dan normaal. We zijn in deze aflevering wel te gast bij de opening van het nieuwe verblijf voor de Aldabra reuzenschildpadden in Ouwehands Dierenpark. We spreken met directeur Robin de Lange over de vernieuwingen in dit park! ➤ Reageer op deze podcast: zooinside.nl/contact of info@zooside.nl ➤ Volg Zoo Inside op Twitter: twitter.com/Zooinsidenl ➤ Volg Zoo Inside op Instagram: www.instagram.com/zooinside_podcast/

As the world grapples with the climate emergency, Seychelles is leading the way in marine conservation – ten years ahead of United Nations deadlines. A marine expedition into its deep waters has analysed a huge swathe of unchartered Indian Ocean territory, providing invaluable research. “The Seychelles are a beacon for ocean conservation, ocean science and ocean management. They’ve really taken the lead where others are catching up,” says Oliver Steeds, founder and mission director of Nekton, the research foundation that carried out deep ocean explorations in the Seychelles in March/April. The Seychelles archipelago is the first instalment of Nekton’s work towards a State of the Indian Ocean summit in October 2022. Nekton’s First Descent expeditions into the Indian Ocean will next move to the Maldives this year. The third island where the last expedition is to take place is not known yet but Oliver Steeds hopes it will be one linked to France, because its “influence in the Indian Ocean is really important, namely in such places like Reunion and Mayotte”. “We very much hope that France is going to be a key actor in helping to galvanise sustainable blue economy and the conservation priorities in the Indian Ocean,” he adds. The Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean in the world, is also known to scientists as the forlorn ocean, because there is so little known about it. Seychelles President Danny Faure, in his address to the world in a submersible 124 metres below sea, said “we have better maps of Planet Mars than we do of the Indian Ocean floor”. “To support our conservation efforts, it is vital that we have more data, more information,” Faure added. Historic expedition To conduct its field research, Nekton Mission and the 16 scientists on board the Ocean Zephyr spent 48 days exploring the waters of the Seychelles in 75 manned submersibles descents, mapping 30,000 square metres of seabed in 3D, collecting 20 terabytes of marine data and gathering over 1,200 samples. “This expedition is historic for Seychelles. We’ve never had similar expeditions in the past,” says Alain de Comarmond, the principal secretary at the Seychelles ministry of environment, energy and climate change. “In the past, we had gone to do research as deep as 30 meters. That’s it. This expedition gave us a good coverage of bio-diversity across our 115 islands.” Nekton’s mandate is to work for and on behalf of the host nations. The partnership involves ongoing capacity building and training of Seychellois scientists. Steeds said all the data and biological samples collected by Nekton will be owned and vested by the government of the Seychelles. “We want to demonstrate a case study, an economic, political, environmental one for marine spatial planning and identifying where those areas of protection need to be. We want to help Seychelles develop a sustainable Blue Economy. If Seychelles can’t do it, it’s going to be very hard for others to follow,” Steeds declares. Protection of Seychelles’ ocean Seychelles has committed 30 percent of its 1.35 million sq km of waters to marine protection by 2020, ten years ahead of the United Nations 2030 target for Sustainable Development Goal no. 14, known as the Life Below Water goal. Most of the work has already been accomplished, with only some four percent left for Seychelles to reach its deadline. The island nation developed a marine spatial plan since 2014 that covers its entire marine territory and holds a large mandate from marine protection to sustainable economic growth. A 2016 financing scheme which consisted in swapping part of its debt for climate change adaptation programmes was crucial for the island’s marine conservation strategies. The team working on this Marine Spatial Plan for the Seychelles – which has identified marine areas falling under varying degrees of protection – worked closely with the Nekton team in selecting priority sites for the explorations. The descents took place in the waters around the islands of Aldabra, Astove, Alphonse, Des Roches, Poivre and D’Arros. “The Nekton Mission will help in confirming whether the information we have been using is correct,” explains Helena Sims, the Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan project manager for The Nature Conservancy. “If there is any new information that we do not currently have, it can input either in identifying new areas or in revising the marine spatial plan in the next revision stage as we currently need more data.” Marine Spatial Plan Seychelles has identified three zones under its marine spatial plan. Two of them are designated for marine protection and covers 30 percent of its oceans. The Marine Protected Area with high biodiversity protection covers 177,000 sq km around the Aldabra Atoll, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This zone is known as the Aldabra Group Marine National Park and is home to rare, endangered or endemic species, like the dugong or giant tortoises. The second Marine Protected Area is under medium marine protection and is open to sustainable economic activities as it is closer to where the Seychellois live. It covers a 173,000 sq km area between Amirantes Isles and Fortune Bank. “The Seychelles is a small island developing state or a large oceanic state. Although our areas are relatively pristine, we would like to keep it that way because at the end of the day, everything in Seychelles is connected to the ocean,” Sims explains. Zone 3 represents the remaining 70 percent, identified for various uses and economic activities. Fisheries and marine tourism are the pillars of Seychelles’ economy. While it is important that those activities continue along with sand mining and oil exploration in order to support the livelihoods of the Seychellois, it is also important that they are carried out in a sustainable way. “It’s not purely about conservation, it’s also balancing the social, the economic and the ecological objectives,” Sims adds. The extensive and detailed explorations carried out by Nekton help to inform Seychelles in devising its marine conservation plans. The plans are also informed by essential and ongoing consultation with stakeholders. Early findings The wealth of data and samples collected by the Nekton mission is currently being analysed by an international team of 15 scientists. The process should be completed in two years but research on what has been collected may continue for decades. The scientists started work in May and, even though it is still early stages, a few findings emerged. One of them is evidence of a so-called rariphotic or twilight zone located between 130 and 300 metres deep. It is one of the largest new ecosystems, which is found in the Atlantic and Caribbean, but never previously in the Indian Ocean. Dr Lucy Woodall, the principal scientist at Nekton, said that they also discovered far more fish around the Aldabra Atoll than they did at any other sites. “This is very important as it shows that the protection that was afforded to Aldabra for 40 years is working,” she adds. Shallow coral reefs around the globe are dying through bleaching because the sea is getting warmer. However, in Seychelles, the scientists did not find dying coral in the locations they explored. “There is no evidence of this bleaching, even currently or in the past. This is very important for us to understand why there are really healthy corals and also to monitor and to protect them over time,” Woodall says. Sophisticated toys The Nekton First Descent Expedition in the Seychelles cost 1.5 million US dollars in marine operations, supported by cutting-edge tools and 21 different research technology, including manned submersibles, remotely operated vehicles, live-streaming to the world. 15 different camera systems also enabled scientists to create the first 3D maps of newly discovered deep sea ecosystems. “The most iconic are the submersibles which are really powerful scientific tools that we have to use in the area of complex topography,” Steeds explains. “We operate on the sides of cliffs, atolls and islands, we have strong currents coming in. You don’t want to put a robot on a tether down there, you’re asking for trouble.” Laws for high seas The government of Seychelles intends to be a strong advocate for marine protection around the world. President Faure said he is “100 percent committed” to support the ongoing work by the United Nations in developing a legally binding framework to protect the oceans in areas beyond national borders. The high seas outside any nation’s exclusive economic zone belong to nobody and are poorly protected by a series of treaties. “Who owns the biodiversity of the high seas?” asks Steeds. “People are going in there, fishing, trawling, doing things illegally… Under the UN law of the sea, the high seas belong to you and I, the people of the planet.” Faure believes that stronger laws are “the only way forward”. “A healthy ocean is important for more than just economic growth, it is crucial for the survival of humanity. We are running out of excuses to not take action and running out of time,” Faure declared, 124 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean. Follow Oliver Steeds on Twitter @OliverSteeds Follow Lucy Woodall on Twitter @water_nomad Follow Alain de Comarmond on Twitter @alaindeco Follow Helena Sims on Twitter @anelehsims Follow Zeenat Hansrod on Twitter @zxnt

Learn about the one of the largest land tortoises - the Aldabra Tortoise, South America's only native bear species - the Andean Bear and Africa's iconic hoofstock - the Zebra. It's animal facts A to Z on Amazing Wildlife Episode #007.Full show notes available here.

Remote islands are excellent laboratories for observing evolution at work -- and in the case of a flightless bird called the Aldabra rail, we can observe how its evolution happened twice. Learn about iterative evolution in this episode of BrainStuff.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The gang talks about two papers that are interested in iterative evolution, the repeated evolution of the same or similar morphological characteristics within or among species. Specifically, they are focused on iterative evolution in species on islands. The first paper they discuss looks at how being flightless might have evolved multiple times on the same island within the same species of rails. The second paper looks at repeated changes in developmental timing associated with climatic changes on an island. Also, James is an expert, Curt comes up with the best new Blue Sky series for the USA network “Rails and Snails”, and Amanda changes the podcast’s format.   Up-Goer Five (Curt Edition): Our friends talks about two times that weird things happen when animals get on an piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water. The first paper looks at small light flying things. When these flying things get onto a piece of land surrounded by water, they seem to stop flying. However, they find these remains of these light flying things on this one piece of land so they can see how the way these remains look change, because the way these remains look will tell us if these light flying things had decided to stop flying. The cool thing is that many different flying groups of this same flying thing landed on this pieces of land surrounded by water and all decided to stop flying on their own. So the story for these light flying things is that they land on this piece of land surrounded by water, they stop flying, and then they die from breathing water when the land goes under, and then when the land is above the water, they repeat. The second paper looks at how these things that sit there, have a rock around them, and pull food out of water change over time. What the paper finds is that these little things with a rock around them look very different when the water goes up and down. The paper says that this is because of changes in how these little animals with a rock around them grow up. Do they take longer to grow up, do they look more like grown ups or do they look more like babies? The changes they see in how these things grow up happen at the same time as changes in where the water is, as well as how hot or cold it is.   References: Hume, Julian P., and David Martill. "Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2019).   Hearty, Paul J., and Storrs L. Olson. "Environmental Stress and Iterative Paedomorphism in Shells of Poecilozonites (Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae) from Bermuda." Palaios 34.1 (2019): 32-42. 

This podcast episode is named Crocodile Tears If your cold-blooded obsession is off the scale, then Tongue in Cheeks is the podcast for you! Welcome to this short trivia episode of Tongue in Cheeks. From the gecko, this podcast is named because many reptiles have a bifurcated or forked tongue giving the image of the tip of each side of the tongue firmly planted in the respective reptile cheeks. This podcast is meant to be two cheeky, educational and we may even speak with a forked tongue about cold blooded animals, bioactive vivariums, import/export, native habitats, travel adventures, investments, and much more! I’m your host, Ray Tripp and I’ve been crazy about the cold-blooded since childhood. Join with me as we discuss and learn about them.  

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Sur l'atoll d'Aldabra, dans l'océan Indien, il a des oiseaux, des tortures, et des parasols en roche calcaire...

Sur l'atoll d'Aldabra, dans l'océan Indien, il a des oiseaux, des tortures, et des parasols en roche calcaire...