Worth knowing
Madagascar
Madagascar split from India about 90 million years ago. Its animals have been evolving on their own ever since, which is why there are about 100 kinds of lemur.
Where its story happens
The Avenue of the Baobabs, at 20.25°S, 44.42°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Madagascar
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Madagascar, the big island off the southeast coast of Africa. See Madagascar on a map.
- Lemurs live wild only here.
- It is the fourth-largest island in the world.
- Its first settlers came not from nearby Africa but by canoe from Borneo, on the far side of the Indian Ocean.
- About 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth.