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Seychelles Flora and Fauna

Thumbnail of the Vallee De MaiThumbnail of the Vallee De Mai The Vallee De Mai on Praslin, Seychelles. A primeval forest that is home to the famous Coco Der Mer palm and the rare Seychelles Black Parrot.
Thumbnail of Geochelone gigantea Thumbnail of Geochelone gigantea Thumbnail of Geochelone gigantea The Giant Land Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea). This male called Esmeralda lives on Bird Island, Seychelles. He is recorded as the worlds largest in the Guiness Book of Records, weighing 304 kilos. When this photograph was taken in 1997 he was reckoned to be 204 years old, which might also make him the oldest living animal on the earth.
Thumbnail of Fairy Terms Fairy Terms on
Bird Island, Seychelles.
Thumbnail of Basking Shark Thumbnail of Basking Shark
Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding off the shores
of Mahe, Seychelles.
 
   

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