Island Time

Surrounded by the sea, the Pacific Islands are home to amazing wildlife. In the grid below, there are 15 things that can be associated with the Pacific Islands. Can you find them all? Remember to look forward, backward, up, and down—like island wildlife, words may be hiding in plain sight!

One of the rarest plants on Earth, cabbage on a stick Brighamia insignis (also known as the alula) was once found on cliffs on the islands of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau. Its natural pollinator, a type of hawk moth, has become extinct—hampering the plant’s ability to reproduce. Horticulturists handpollinated the extant plants and saved the species. It can be seen in the the Zoo’s Hawaiian Native Plant Garden. Photographed by Ken Bohn, SDZWA photographer.