New images of MV that ran aground off the coast of The ship hit reefs near Pointe d’Esny on July 25. On today’s (Aug 7th) imagery, the ship is leaking a considerable amount of oil into the ocean & the oil slick is drifting northwest to the shore.

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Dodo

The dodo is a large, extinct, flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Sea. The island was discovered in the early 15th century and the first recorded mention of the dodo was by Dutch sailors in 1568.

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Reading Elinor Mordaunt’s autobiography & so far she’s:

Designed gardens in Melbourne
Lived on Mauritius
Survived the Spanish flu
Survived the zeppelin bombings in London
Sailed around the world on cargo ships
Trekked across Honduras
Been proclaimed queen of Papua New Guinea

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Stuart Maxwell Armfield (1916-2000) The Vegetable Seller, Mauritius, c.1946. From my collection and on show at my home gallery all summer. DM me for details.

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Birds in the park: The dodo and its kindred, or, The history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon by HE Strickland and AG Melville.....1848, BHL?Smithsonian......https://t.co/MPSUT1Cu2F

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Corona-Skizzen 65: Maison Eureka, ein altes Kolonialhaus auf Mauritius. Aquarell
Find es gut, dass ich nicht so sehr ins Dunkle gegangen bin 😄

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Had fun creating this dodo character recently! 🐦

A quick Google search has led to finding out that dodos have flightless wings as they didn't have many predators on the island of Mauritius. There's a fact you can take away with you 😂

https://t.co/WG5PL6rnfr

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Dominican Republic
Uganda
Hungary
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Ghana
Kenya
Mauritius
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Poland
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Israel
Barbados
Ecuador
Mexico
Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
Portugal

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Niche subject, but how many coats of arms feature extinct animals? The ones I have here are Tasmania with two thylacines, Mauritius with a dodo, Wellington with a moa and Hobart with a Tasmanian emu. What else ya got?

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Comics Worldwide: Mauritius. Laval NG Man Kwong (or Keong) is a comic artist from Mauritius. He worked for the animation company Jadoma Films, contributed stories to Caliber Comics, and worked for publishing houses Adonis and Delcourt.

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I drew the human versions of Orville and Wilburr \o/
That’s how I picture them, Orville being the nice soft one and Wilburr being a bit more hardcore 🤭 also, did you know that dodos are from Mauritius?
Anyway, I’m going back to playing Animal Crossing ^^

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2020 World Athletes “Nigaoe(Portrait)”
067_Mauritius🇲🇺
Lioness On The Runさん似顔絵✍️

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Hi im Ophelie aka im an anime/manga artist from Mauritius!!✨🌸 heres some of my work !

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Hello im Ophelie aka Chimkinsauce!!🙆🏻‍♀️ im a manga/anime artist from Mauritius🏝. Ilove to illustrate stories and do fanart! Thanks for the support !!💓✨

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Hey there im Ophelie an anime artist from Mauritius🏝 ! Check me out on instagram ✨✨🌸Message me for commission!

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First illustration of my study species, the lesser night gecko, Nactus coindemirensis, endemic to Mauritius and currently listed as Vulnerable.

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Not this time. But I had this reference picture I downloaded from this reddit thread (some interesting comments about mauritius, pink pigeons, faratas, last dodos, and more - but lots of other jokes/noise too) https://t.co/AeZLc6RHJY

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Congrats (in this order):

Seychelles
Botswana
Cape Verde
Rwanda
Mauritius
Sao Tome and Principe
Namibia
Senegal
South Africa
Benin

Ranked Africa's least corrupt countries in Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2020. All have corruption woes, so it's relative.

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