What one of the world’s most active volcanoes tells us about missing trees

Mongabay
Apr 13, 2020, 4:36 am225 pts
Giant tortoises and flying foxes once roamed La Réunion, a volcanic island off the eastern coast of Africa. Then humans arrived and decided to stay. Within 150 years of their appearance, large fruit-eating animals like the giant tortoises (Cylindraspis indica) and flying foxes (Pteropus niger), a type of bat,…

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