Marion Island
About Marion Island
The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa. They are named Marion Island and Prince Edward Island.
On the show — 3 mentions total
Half the world's wandering albatrosses are bred on this island and the island next door, so it's a really important base for them.
from Little Fish: Bizarre Choreography, Schnapps, and Singing in Swedish, 2025-12-21 at 00:18:25 · read transcript
Other times Marion Island came up
They do wonder Like they can fly Some of them have been seen flying 75,000 miles in one year So they do wonder Just a couple of flaps to get there then Yeah And basically this island Introduced five cats to the island in 1949 to control the mice Which were already causing a huge problem Guess what they didn't do to the cats New to them They didn't new to them So then they had hundreds of cats preying on the albatrosses Because it's easier to catch the mice Did they consider dogs after that? It was very much the old woman who introduced an unneuted cat to Marion Island.
Little Fish: Bizarre Choreography, Schnapps, and Singing in Swedish, 2025-12-21 · listen
An island called Marion Island off the coast of South Africa. and Yanna and 19 others are living there for 15 months doing scientific research your podcast keeps me highly entertained and puts a smile on my face in the field while we hike hundreds of.
Little Fish: Bizarre Choreography, Schnapps, and Singing in Swedish, 2025-12-21 · listen
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