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#Mauritius has a secret. One that scientists only recently uncovered.
Buried deep beneath Mauritius is the remnant of an old, turbulent world โฆ
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Traces of Mauritia still exist in Mauritius today โ on our beaches ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
@nadiirgm Between first and second parking areas. But only when the sea is calm (otherwise they just break off). And the sea hasn't been calm for three months ๐
Ocean forests are collectively larger than the Amazon!
There are tiny ones around #Mauritius (e.g. Flic en flac).
Globally, they cover between 6 million and 7.2 million square kilometres of seabed.
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#Mauritius: Anjalay Coopen was shot by the police #OTD in 1943. She was among the Belle-Vue-Harel Sugar Estate's workers who went on strike, requesting better pay & #work conditions. The other victims of the shooting were Kistnasamy Mooneesamy, Moonsamy Moonien & Marday Panapen.