Coconuts ripen on the drooping stalks the flowers first emerged on. A common cause of death and injury along the coast is from falling coconuts.

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Coconuts ripen on the drooping stalks the flowers first emerged on. A common cause of death and injury along the coast is from coconuts falling from the tree.

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Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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