pure kona wrote:
> 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

Can't coconuts ride the waves and plant themselves near the shore?

--
Jean B.