Socotrian dragonblood trees on a overcast morning [1282x1920, OC, Socotra Island, Yemen]nauzleon t1_jbmkvnf wrote
There's also an endemic tree that very much look like this at the other side of Africa, in the Atlantic Islands. Canary Islands, Madeira, etc.
Asha108 t1_jbn2j9d wrote
that’s crazy! I’m assuming it was a species endemic to the african continent before these atlantic islands and the island of socotra moved away from the main landmass, but couldn’t survive on the mainland due to extinction by herbivores not present on the islands, so they ended up being preserved.
sebikern_photography OP t1_jbncg4n wrote
Thats exactly what our guide told my photo group :)
scanferr t1_jbodga9 wrote
Doesn't make sense because those Atlantic islands are volcanic and did not move away from the main landmass.
yellowbrownstone t1_jbol7zz wrote
Sea level changes? Seeds stuck to birds from the mainland, when the mainland had those trees that stayed long after the mainland lost them?
sebikern_photography OP t1_jbp2gci wrote
Socotra isn't an Atlantic island :) As I understand it did actually split from the african continent.
scanferr t1_jbp4baf wrote
Read the comment again.
sebikern_photography OP t1_jbp575f wrote
Thats rude :)
Asha108 t1_jboikpo wrote
oh that does change things hmm
mctCat t1_jbn6t35 wrote
I got 4 of these dracos off etsy, they are only 12” tall now. grow really slowly. They won’t mature in my lifetime to look anything like this, but I hope one day they can be planted in a botanical garden somewhere after I die. Im in Socal, so they’ll do well in the desert area here.
sebikern_photography OP t1_jbncchk wrote
That sounds amazing!
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