Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

• Physical description: Male Nile crocodiles can grow anywhere from 11.5 to 16 feet, where females are usually a little smaller, growing between 8 to 13 feet in length
• Life span: Can live to 45-50 years old
• Diet: Opportunistic ambush predator that mainly eats fish, lemurs, rodents, turtles, lizards and larger mammals
• Fact: Madagascar may be the only place in the world where crocodiles inhabit caves.

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Madagascan Giant Day Gecko

Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis

• Physical description: 10-12 inches in length, neon bright skin of emerald green, turquoise, or deep forest green
• Life span: Can live to about 10 years old
• Diet: Omnivore diet of invertebrates like crabs, spiders, scorpions, and insects
• Fact: Same species of gecko as the Geico Insurance gecko

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Vanilla Vine

Vanilla planifolia

• Physical description: brilliant green, leafy vine that uses its roots to climb and attach to tree trucks,
• Lengths: Plant can reach lengths of 100 feet
• Flower: Greenish-yellow flower that produces edible fruit, the fruit (pods) are better known as vanilla beans
• Fact: Vanilla is known to help with upset stomachs  

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