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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Madagascar Christmas Special

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NBC Thursday evening with a special atmosphere in particular Madagascar Happy Christmas Madagascar, one and two films were a great success and became the favorite for kids’. It is not surprising that they are private in Madagascar Happy NBC this evening, has already created quite a buzz over the internet. Madagascar Happy Christmas is called now because he is the team to Madagascar to provide time for Christmas holidays. The team should give as holiday gifts Christmas time. Madagascar, particularly in the Christmas holiday is all new television special to present the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cedric ... Read Full Story

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Movie : Merry Madagascar Airs Tonight

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merry madagascar Shrek the Halls, which aired a couple of years ago, must have been a success, because a new special based on a popular movie franchise will air tonight. Merry Madagascar features our favorite Madagascar friends — Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and those famous Penguins of Madagascar — in a story about how they save Christmas, of course. The festive film is rated TV-PG, though, which means that the “program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.” So, parents may want to preview the film first if there are any concerns ... 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

Chris Rock has a Merry Madagascar with the family

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Chris Rock has the kind of status as a comedian that allows him to work on any project he wants. He produced the documentary Good Hair , he's writing a book, and he has been working on back-to-back film shoots. Tuesday at 8 PM on NBC, you'll hear his voice in Merry Madagascar , playing Marty the zebra for the third time, along with returning regulars Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith. He's confident it's not the last time he'll voice Marty, either, with Madagascar 3 in the works. So why does a guy who can do anything he wants spend time ... Read Full Story

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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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Madagascar opposition says leader stalling government talks

ANTANANARIVO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Madagascar's opposition has accused the country's leader Andry Rajoelina of stalling negotiations on forming a consensus government, threatening the latest power-sharing deal. One of the Indian Ocean island's two co ...

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