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unusual facts about Laysan


Laysan Noctuid Moth

It was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States.


Chenopodium oahuense

It is also found on Lisianski Island, Laysan, the French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island, and Nihoa.

Crocidosema leprarum

It is endemic to Oahu, Molokai, Nihoa, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals and Laysan.

Laysan Dropseed Noctuid Moth

This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States.

Max Schlemmer

Much of the desecration of Laysan and species extinction (such as the extinction of the Laysan Rail and Laysan Millerbird) at the turn of the 20th century was a result of his disastrous ecological mismanagement.

The North Pacific Phosphate and Fertilizer Company sold their mining rights to Schlemmer, and he in turn sold them to a Genkichi Yamanouchi of Tokyo, allowing him to export anything from Laysan.


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