The document discusses the flora and fauna found in Mauritius. It describes several animal species native to the island like the dodo bird, lemurs, bobcats, and giant tortoises. It also mentions other wildlife such as crocodiles, hippos, grasshoppers, and mantises. The document then focuses on plants, describing fruit trees like jackfruit and starfruit, as well as flowers including hibiscus, sugar cane flowers and a rare parrot-shaped flower.

2. Fauna
Let’s talk a bit about the fauna of Maurice.

3. Here you can see the coat of arms of Maurice. On
the left there is a Dodo. The Dodo is the
characteristic symbol of Maurice.
The name Dodo means stupid. People say
they got extingt because they were so kind
and good that people would catch them
and kill them easily.

4. These animal is a lemur, you can find them in Maurice.
They are ususally wild animals but people sometimes have
them at home as pets.
This is a bobcat, it’s a mammal. It’s a specie of cats.
Bobcats are of the same family of tigers, lions, etc…
This is a giant turtle, you can find them in Maurice, they
are the biggest spiecies of turtles ever seen. They have
got a very large neck, too big even for their huge body.

5. There are lots of other spicies and animals in Maurice like for example:
Crocodiles.
They are quite funy,
because they have their
mouth open all the time.
When they catch their
dam, they close it to be
able to eat it.
Hippos.
Gloria, of the movie Pinguins of Madagascar is
one of them. They are very big animals and
have big teeth. You can also find them by the
water.

6. INSECTS
There are still 30 million insects that are not classified. There are lots of different kinds
of insects in Maurice, and very beautiful ones:
Grasshoppers.
We usually see Green grasshoppers, but there are
also very beautiful ones. They can be blue, light
Green, orange, yellow, etc…
Le Meridien.
This name is a French one, as you know, in
Maurice, they speak French too. It’s a different
kind of mantis.

7. CURIOSITIES!!!
One of the curiosities of Maurice is the animal ceremony that they do every year. Pople
get together with their pets and the Father of Maurice blesses all of them. I think it’s a
very nice ceremony because pets play beetwen them, and have a good time.

8. Flora
Let’s talk about the flora in Maurice.

9. FRUIT TREES
This is a jackfruit tree. It’s a very popular tropical
fruit in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, etc… Jackfruit trees
are also found all across Africa. It’s fruit can even get
to weight 35kg. It’s lenght is about 90cm, and it’s
diameter is about 50cm.
This is a carambola, also known as star fruit. I
think it’s a very strange fruit, because if you cut
it, it actually looks like a star.

10. In Maurice there are other kinds of fruit you might know, for example:
Lichis.
They are a very sweet. They are White in
the inside, and reddish in the outside. They
are tropical fruits, and you an find them in
Maurice.
Papayas.
This is a very sweet fruit, even more
than lichis. People cook the flower of
the papaya tree.

11. FLOWERS
This are sugar-cane
flowers. Sugar-cane is
edible.
There are also very beautiful
flower like this epiphytic
orchid. It’s scientific name is
rhyncholaelia digbyana.

12. This is an hibiscus. There is a very large variety of them.
PINK
RED
ORANGE
PURPLE
Or of different colors:
PINK
ORANGE YELLOW
RED

13. CURIOSITIES!!!
This is one of the rarest
flowers worldwide. Its
shape reminds us of a
parrot, it's amazing!
It even looks like a fake!

14. My presentation about flora
and fauna in Maurice,
finishes here. I hope you’ve
learned a bit more and
you’ve found it interesting.
Thanks for watching!