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National Park of American Samoa
Natural History Guide to the Park
 
Tutuila coastline and the Pola Islands.
NPS photo by Tavita Togia.
Natural History Guide to Samoa.

The Natural History Guide to the Park is a comprehensive guide to the park's geology, geography and biota.  View as an htm file or view as a pdf file. 
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Fish Inventory
Lots of pictures of our local fishes
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Coral Inventory
More than 200 species, many illustrated
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Collared kingfisher
Nature
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sea slug
Marine Invertebrates,
illustrated list
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Samoan fruit bats hanging at rest  

Did You Know?
Throughout the Pacific the main reason for the rarity of the two fruit bat species, or flying foxes, is that it is widely sought as a food and considered a delicacy. Sale or trade in fruit bats is now illegal in the U.S. and its territories.

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Last Updated: January 24, 2008 at 13:49 EST