On 8/5/2011 2:24 PM, 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:<)

I have never heard that Hawaii was a barren place before the humans
arrived. If this was true, one would expect the variety of flora and
fauna to be limited to introduced species. This is not true since there
are species in Hawaii found nowhere else. This probably means that they
thrived and lived here long before man did. How long does it take for
differing species of plants and animals to evolve? Hundreds of thousands
of years would be my guess but I am no expert.

I'm not sure that there are any barren tropical islands existing
anywhere. I've never seen one.

>
> They brought along pigs and everything they needed for a life
> elsewhere.
>
> aloha,
> Cea