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Falling rocks in Mauritius

pict. S. Anquetil Chamarel, XI.2001;
pict. Baeten & De Dier		 Chamarel, XI.2001;
pict. Baeten & De Dier		 Souillac, XI.2001;
pict. Baeten & De Dier
The first two counting from left (as is the norm on this site) show how islands sometimes breed their own species. Is it an evolution from a other type from elsewhere? I can't distinguish a probable root nor any foreign influence. The design is refreshingly simple and nice because of the many boulders in different shapes. We have a primitive design from Peneda Gerês - Portugal where we recognise a simple cliff and a similar sequence of growing boulders.

The third find looks more familiar, but nevertheless is an endemic.
The same holds true for the last one featuring the same smooth Mauritian cliff with a boulder configuration reminescent of (but not identical to) the UK warning signs.

The number of boulders (8, 12 or 13) puts Mauritius on the high end of our rock-statistics.
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