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More then 90 percent of the native plants and animals living in Hawaii are found nowhere else in the world.

Monthly average temperatures in Hawaii range from a high of 87.1 degrees to a low of 65.3 degrees.

There are only 13 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Vowels: A,E,I,O,U  Consonants: H,K,L,M,N,P,W,'(okina)

Hawaii kapa or bark cloth wa the most detailed in all of Polynesia.

Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing

'A 'a ika hula, waiho ka hilahila i ka hale                        (When one wants to dance the hula, bashfulness should be left at home.)

Aloha aku, aloha mai (Give love, get love)

DID YOU KNOW OR DO YOU CARE. YOU BETTAH CARE!

State Moto: Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina I ka pono. The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness

State Bird: Hawaiian Goose - Nene

State Flower: Yellow Hibiscus - Pua Aloalo

State Marine Mammal: Humpback Whale - Kohola

State Tree: Candlenut Tree - Kukui

State Fish: Reef Triggerfish - Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

The Hawaiian Islands are the tips of the tallest mountains in the world. Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii is 13,796 feet (4,205 m) measured above sea level. From its base on the ocean floor Mauna Kea is taller than Mt. Everest.

Mt. Waialeale on Kauai averages 488 in. of rain per year, making it the wettest spot on earth.

Hula preserves history through oral tradition and expresses the soul of Hawaiian spirituality.

The world's highest seacliffs rise 3000 ft. out of the ocean on Moloka'i's north shore.

This is a SCAREY thought!!!

In the 1800's visitors introduce tuberculosis, smallbox, syphillis, gonorrhea, measles, influenza, cholera, etc. Over 800,000 Hawaiian perish or about 98% of the native population.