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Asha108 t1_jbn2j9d wrote

that’s crazy! I’m assuming it was a species endemic to the african continent before these atlantic islands and the island of socotra moved away from the main landmass, but couldn’t survive on the mainland due to extinction by herbivores not present on the islands, so they ended up being preserved.

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scanferr t1_jbodga9 wrote

Doesn't make sense because those Atlantic islands are volcanic and did not move away from the main landmass.

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yellowbrownstone t1_jbol7zz wrote

Sea level changes? Seeds stuck to birds from the mainland, when the mainland had those trees that stayed long after the mainland lost them?

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