On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:08:28 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 8/4/2011 11:05 AM, Andy wrote:
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/4/2011 10:26 AM, Andy wrote:
>>>> "John > wrote:
>>>>

>> Fact or fiction? I dunno.
>
>I've never heard that this is so but it could be. I'm pretty sure that
>the Tahitians carried coconuts on their voyages to Hawaii a thousand
>years ago. My guess is that they drank the water they contained because
>there was no need to take them for planting. They also took taro and
>pigs. Where the heck did they get the pigs? :-)
>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy


Settlers to Hawaii came from the Marquesas, probably, and they brought
all the food plants and animals that they were used to. Hawaii was
quite barren and there was really nothing to eat once they landed. It
is not known if coconuts were even growing here when they arrived
about 1100 or 1200 years ago. (No recorded history:<)

They brought along pigs and everything they needed for a life
elsewhere.

aloha,
Cea