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Inside Socotra's Island of Strange Trees
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A dragon's blood tree on Socotra, its crown shaped like an umbrella.
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Inside Socotra's Island of Strange Trees
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Come ashore on Socotra, an island off the Horn of Africa that belongs to Yemen. It has been isolated for millions of years, so a large share of its plants grow nowhere else on Earth. We will learn why isolation creates new species, stand under a dragon's blood tree, meet the bottle tree, and walk to the lagoon.