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National Park of American Samoa
Natural History Guide to the Park
 
Tutuila coastline and the Pola Islands.
NPS photo by Tavita Togia.
Natural History Guide to Samoa.

The Natural History Guide to the Park is a comprehensive guide to the park's geology, geography and biota.  View as an htm file or view as a pdf file. 
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Fish Inventory
Lots of pictures of our local fishes
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Coral Inventory
More than 200 species, many illustrated
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Collared kingfisher
Nature
and Science
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sea slug
Marine Invertebrates,
illustrated list
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Underwater close up of a green sea turtle swimming  

Did You Know?
In Samoan folklore, sea turtles were believed to have the power to save fishermen lost at sea by bringing them safely to shore. The Samoan word for sea turtle, “I'a sa,” translates literally to “sacred fish,” presumably because of this ability. Sadly, sea turtles here are now endangered.

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Last Updated: January 24, 2008 at 13:49 EST