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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 file (10.1 MB)or download pdf file (13.4 MB). 
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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
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sea slug
Marine Invertebrates,
illustrated list
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A humpback whale breaches almost entirely out of the water  

Did You Know?
During the warm months of the southern hemisphere, Samoa’s humpback whales feed in the rich Antarctica waters, 3,200 miles to the south. When Antarctic's bitter winter sets in, humpbacks seek warmer waters, migrating northward, towards Australia and Tonga. At least some migrate onward to Samoa.

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Last Updated: July 02, 2009 at 15:49 EST