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First impressions reveal that this tree has almost a surreal quality to it, a tree that seems to bleed bright red when its bark is sliced. This is no mythological setting; it is actually a natural ...

Off the coast of Yemen lies Socotra, an island filled with bizarre landscapes and unique species found nowhere else on Earth.