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...remaining patches of untouched forest on Madagascar, where more than 90% of the native tree cover has already been lost; chameleons, rare frogs and lemurs make their home here. It's late afternoon, and patches of early spring sunlight (this is the Southern Hemisphere) peek through the Ravenea louvelii, the native palm. Lemurs are sleeping this time of day, though, and a sleeping lemur is hard to spot. But then our guide, Marie Razafindrasolo, stops us - perched on a branch some 20 feet up is the black and white indri, the largest of the living lemurs and the symbol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Wildlife of Madagascar | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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