User:Tucoxn/Portal:Fiji/Did you know/1

... that the Fiji Woodswallow (pictured) is highly aggressive to predators and will harass the much larger Fiji Goshawk and Peregrine Falcon?
... that Rugby union is considered the national sport of Fiji?
... that in June 1995, the Fiji Meteorological Service became responsible for the prediction of tropical cyclones in the southwest Pacific Ocean?
... that most of the Muslims in Fiji are descended from those brought to the islands from India as indentured labourers between 1879 and 1916?
... that although the Collared Lory is only found in Fiji today, fossil evidence shows that it once existed in Tonga and was extirpated by human settlers?
... that the Clan Line ship Clan Matheson assisted in the eradication of the Coconut Moth from Fiji?
... that Pacnews stopped reporting on Fijian news rather than submit to government censorship in the wake of the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis?