Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tana, The Botanical Garden & The Museum of Ethnology and Palaentology

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The Botanical Garden is spacious and well laid out, and its selection of Malagasy endemics is being improved with the help of advisers from Kew (UK) and Missouri Botanical Garden (USA).

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There is an interesting palm garden and the botanical area provides a sanctuary for numerous birds including a huge colony of egrets.

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There are also some reproduction sakalawa graves.

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The Museum of Ethnology & Palaentology is excellent for gaining and understanding of Madagascar's prehistoric natural history as well as the traditions and way of life of its inhabitants.

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Skeletons of extinct animals, including several species of giant lemur and the famous elephant bird, provide a fascinating glimpse of the Malagasy fauna that the first humans helped to extinction.

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There are also displays of stuffed animals, but the efforts of the taxidermist have left little to likeness and a lot to the imagination.

Do take a close look at aye-aye to study its remarkable hands,
An ethnological exhibit explains the customs and handicrafts of the different ethnic groups.

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There is a good souvenir shop and a couple of snack bars.
It's also a fine place for a picnic or you can ask to have your ticket clipped so you can pop across the road to a restaurant.

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