The food in Madagascar has been much different than what we’ve had back in the ‘States. In Tana there were many French restaurants, which is where we mostly dined. The…

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Elaine Guevara gave a lecture on primate systematics. We learned that the 7 things that define primates are: the presence of opposable thumbs and feet, fully closed boney eye socket,…

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Madagascar is home to 5% of the world’s species, including over 100 species of lemurs. Although, the country is impoverished which leads to the environment being exploited as the only…

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There were 2 main things that surprised me the most the first day we arrived to Madagascar. Firstly, I was surprised at how vast the city was. While the buildings…

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