漂流者 09

millions of years ago

these powerful reptiles had already begun their push eastwards

for any animal castaway

first hurdle would have been the 60-mile stretch of water

that separetes New Guinea from the next group of island-theSolomons

instead of one dominating island,like New Guinea

the Solomon are made up of almost a thousand smaller jewels

scattered along a 900-miles chain.

all these islands erupted out of the sea and were ripe for colonisation