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Island Destinations with a Difference

A lot of people visit islands for their holidays. But you shouldn't just travel to resort islands. Take a look at these two weird, but wonderful islands!

Tashirojima Island,

Japan

This small island off the east coast of Japan has only around 100 human residents – but thousands of stray cats! In fact, the island's nickname is Cat Island. In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of people lived there and raised silkworms to make silk for clothes. But mice were destroying these silkworm farms – so farmers brought in cats from the mainland to chase them away! When silk stopped being made there, most people left, but the cats remained and their numbers exploded! Nowadays, the island's fishermen feed the cats so that their furry friends bring them good luck at sea! Lots of tourists visit the island and you can even stay there overnight in cat-shaped cabins! You can also take part in regular cat photo contests! There's one important rule, though – visitors mustn't bring their dogs!

Socotra Island,

Yemen

If you're looking for somewhere unlike anywhere in the world, make for Socotra Island off the coast of Yemen. When you arrive, you might think that you've landed on an alien planet! It's definitely a place where you could make a sci-fi film! Unlike most islands, Socotra hasn't been connected to a continent for about 18 million years – so its wildlife developed on its own. This means it has plants and animals that you can't find anywhere else on Earth! In the 1990s, a team of UN biologists discovered 825 plant species there and 37% of them are only found on Socotra. Many of them look very strange! For example, the dragon's blood tree looks like an inside-out umbrella, and the bottle tree looks like a flower in a thick vase! Also, Socotra has a lot of unique species of birds and reptiles. It's hard to get to Socotra, and you have to start planning a long time before your trip, but everyone should try to see this fairytale island.

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Tashirojima Island is special because it is filled with thousands of cats, earning it the nickname 'Cat Island'. Socotra Island is special for its unique, alien-like nature with plants and animals, like the dragon's blood tree, that can't be found anywhere else on Earth because the island has been isolated for millions of years.

Остров Тасиродзима особенный, потому что он наполнен тысячами кошек, за что и получил прозвище «Кошачий остров». Остров Сокотра особенный благодаря своей уникальной, инопланетной природе с растениями и животными, такими как драконово дерево, которых нельзя найти больше нигде на Земле, потому что остров был в изоляции миллионы лет.