People killed the trees. The rats ate the tree seed fruit. A palm probably produces 200 pounds of seed fruit per year. The only native palm was Paschalococos di

People killed the trees. The rats ate the tree seed fruit. A palm probably produces 200 pounds of seed fruit per year. The only native palm was Paschalococos disperta, which is extinct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschalococos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschalococos