Madagascar: The Eighth Continent : Life, Death and Discovery in a Lost World - Peter Tyson - Google Books

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Madagascar is a land where lizards scream and monkey-like lemurs sing songs of inexpressible beauty. KKnown as the Great Red Island, it is a place where fossa and tenrecs, vangas and aye ayes thrive in a true 'Lost World' alongside bizarre plants like the…