Socotra island

Socotra island

Socotra Island is located in the state of Yemen, Socortra name comes from Sanskrit is "sukhadhara dvipa" which means happiness. These islands have an area 379 km with a population of about 43 thousand inhabitants, the island is very unique, exotic, mysterious, and only one in the World teutama on the flora and fauna that will make you feel like in prehistoric times. One cause of its unique flora and fauna on the beach is probably the climate and geology that have different characteristics to the islands in the world, there are many plants on the island is one of them is Dragon Blood tree (Dracanea aCinnabari) is a typical icon of the island of Socotra this, according to the belief that local people, the sap of the tree is biased treat various diseases, but it's still there other unique plants such as giant plants Dorstenia, pomegranate socorta (punica protopunica) and Dendrosicyos, while the unique fauna found on the island include birds incana incana, Socotra Bird singer, Brother Onychognathus Socotra Starling, Socotra Sunbird Nectarinia Balfour, Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis and Socotra Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus Socotranus. As for the type of mammals are found here, only bats are native of this island.