On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 6:33:36 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 10:59:39 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:04:17 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/6/2017 10:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>> On 4/6/2017 4:10 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> These islands sprang out of the middle of nowhere. Every plant and
> >>>> animal here had to be introduced. Obviously, pineapple and taro was
> >>>> not native to these islands because nothing is. Who cares? The
> >>>> immigrants to these islands brought their foods and traditions when
> >>>> they arrived and we embraced the peoples and their culture. Ain't
> >>>> nobody telling anybody to go back where they came from.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1Ud0qbxPE#t=406s
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Shave ice is not indigenous? Who brought it?
> >>
> >> LOL Ed!
> >>
> >> The Hawaiian Islands sprung up as a result of volcanic activity on the
> >> floor of the Pacific ocean. And of course, nothing natural ever grew
> >> out of rich volcanic soil. Nope, no fruits, no plants. It was just a
> >> bunch of rocks.
> >
> >There are still a lot of native species of plants, insects, and sea
> >life (including freshwater fish) native to Hawaii. They morphed into
> >species endemic only to Hawaii. Many are extinct or threatened
> >(thanks to relatively new introduced species), but a few still exist.
> >Not much in the way of mammals though. Those take much longer to
> >evolve and/or discover and populate such young, remote islands.
> >
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemi...waiian_Islands
> >
> >That that "endemic" species are even more strict than "native".
> >Endemic species evolved in and are exclusive to a smaller region or
> >area. While "native" are non-exclusive and usually evolved someplace
> >else. Only some of that list are also "native". One could argue that
> >everything is endemic, and nothing on the planet is truly native.
> >
> >-sw
>
> you forgot about the human species managing to get there. I am always
> amazed at the bravery of humans setting off in a boat on a big body of
> water and landing somewhere. I'm sure there are many that tried,
> never made it and are forgotten, but still. Hawaii, Easter Island,
> the Americas, etc.. Just wow!
> Janet US

I wouldn't try it myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOccL4pT_Q