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*To Receive such mails right in your InBox, type your E-mail Address in the Box below and Click Subscribe to Funzug Mails button now.* Loading images, Please wait... This may take some time depending on the file size and your internet connection. To save the Images, right click on the image and click on "Save Picture As... <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> The second would be closer to the truth for this island, which is part of a group of 4 islands, has been geographically isolated from mainland Africa for the last 6 or 7 million years. Like the Galapagos Islands, this island is teeming with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, a full 1/3 of which are endemic, I.e. Found nowhere else on Earth.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> The climate is harsh, hot and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there. Situated in the Indian Ocean 250 km from Somalia and 340 km from Yemen, the wide sandy beaches rise to limestone plateaus full of caves (some 7 kilometers in length) and mountains up to 1525 meters high. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> Was the famous Chtulhu myths creator aware of these forbidding mountains with their hauntingly weird flora (think of plant mutations from his "The Color out of Space") ? We almost tempted to call Socotra the other "Mountains of Madness" - the trees and plants of this island were preserved thru the long geological isolation, some varieties being 20 million years old... <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> The branches spread out into the sky and from below appear to hover over the landscape like so many flying saucers... And from above they have a distinct mushroom look: click here to read full countinue... <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/> ------------------------------ *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *For Excellent Mails of all kind* *Click Here to Join <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/join>**Funzug in Just 3 Clicks* <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug/join> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* **~*~*~*~*~*~**~**~*~*~*~*~*~** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
