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“It's so off the charts and off anybody's radar screen, that place. It might as well be another planet. Just try to find somebody who's been to Madagascar. Nobody has been to Madagascar.”

Quote by David Douglas

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David Douglas was a renowned botanist known for his studies of North American and Asian flora. Born on June 25, 1799, in Scotland, he tragically died during an expedition on July 12, 1834. Douglas's botanical research had a profound impact on the fields of plant classification and ecology. more

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