Left in mid-ocean after the African and Arabian land masses split 20 million years ago, Socotra became a cradle of biodiversity rivalling the Galapagos and Mauritius.

• 留在洋中后，非洲和阿拉伯土地，人民群众的分裂二千万年前，索科特拉成为生物多样性的摇篮抗衡，加拉帕戈斯和毛里求斯。