Madagascar

A community portal about Madagascar with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Madagascar or Malagasy Republic, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth largest island in the world, and is home to five percent of the world's plant and animal species, (more than 80 percent of which are indigenous to Madagascar.) Most notable are the lemur infraorder of primates, the carnivorous fossa, three endemic bird families and six endemic baobab species. The adjective for Madagascar is Malagasy (pronounced "mal-la-gas-ee" or "mal-a-gash"), and the official national language is the Malagasy language.

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Watch Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Free Online

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The Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa is a movie that lives on the tricks of Alex, Melman, Martin King Julien and many others, not to mention the roles played by the penguins and the chimps. The very start of the movie is with the devastation caused by the isolation of them. Where they are isolated remains the distant shores of Madagascar. Overtaking all the hindrances that come along their way, the New Yorkers come up with a very unusual plot of their own kind. With just the fastidiousness, the penguins get set to work by repairing an old plane. Unknown of this fact, the ... Read Full Story

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AP Exclusive: UN leader cites rules on Madagascar

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The president of the U.N. General Assembly says he was only following rules when he tried to let Madagascar's coup leader Andry Rajoelina speak. Ali Abdessalam Treki told The Associated Press on Saturday that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's office invited Rajoelina's government and then advised legally he could give a speech. But in a rare move, the 192-nation assembly overruled Treki and has barred Rajoelina from speaking. African nations led the opposition. Most members avoided the 23-4 chaotic vote Friday. Madagascar is protesting. A spokesman for Ban said the invitation was to Madagascar, not to Rajoelina particularly. Military-backed Rajoelina toppled Madagascar's president in March. ... Read Full Story

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Blu-ray Review: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

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Amazon.com Widgets Amazon.com Widgets Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page Introduction As much fun as those zany zoo animals are in the Madagascar franchise, I must admit-- despite being one of the only people on the planet who was absolutely positively bored to death by the Oscar winning film March of the Penguins -- that my absolute favorite aspect of DreamWorks Animation Studio's great series are those military penguins who starred in that amazing animated short on the original film's DVD and Blu-ray. Much like the little army green toy soldiers used in Toy Story to begin covert activities by spying on the child's ... Read Full Story

Bushmeat trade threatens Madagascar's rare lemurs

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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Endangered lemur species found only in Madagascar are being slaughtered and served up in local restaurants as poachers take advantage of a security vacuum on the island after a coup earlier this year. Pictures of the blackened remains of scores of crowned lemurs and golden crowned sifakas, smoked in preparation for transport, have been released by the environmental protection group Conservation International. James Mackinnon, technical director at the group's Madagascar office, said gangs were pillaging the forests of precious hardwoods and trapping rare animals for Asia's pet market, unwinding hard-fought conservation gains on the island. "Lemurs have always been hunted on ... Read Full Story

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Head to Madagascar to acquire a one in a lifetime experience

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Madagascar has become one of the world’s most famous places for tourism. Tourism in Madagascar has been on an increase since the past few years. Madagascar is the land where nature displays itself at its best, which explains the growth in the tourism sector of the island. When you land in Madagascar, you will most certainly enjoy the tranquility of the place along with the friendliness of people ready to give you a warm welcome. The diversity of animals and plants found on Madagascar serve as good tourism attraction. Madagascar becomes nearly unrivalled when it comes to nature. Around 12,000 plant species among which, ... Read Full Story

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Have a ‘Madagascar’ Christmas

ZAP2IT; print width=122.300003, height=144.399963 original width=340, height=401 Ben Stiller provides the voice of Alex the lion. Usually by the second sequel, the best ideas are exhausted. And usually when it comes to Christmas TV specials ...

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