Wild facts, great photos, games & more.
Crocodiles, Blue Morphos, Bats, Harpy Eagles,
Dart Frogs, Strangler Figs, Howlers & Leaf Cutters!
Rainforests!
The coolest rainforest site--weird, amazing, beautiful, and terrible;
check out mousedeer, plant vampires, and dwarf lemurs!
http://www.szgdocent.org/resource/ff/fcontent.htm
Take a tour up the Amazon--and play a cool game
www.pbs.org/journeytoamazonia/
Great photos and basic facts on some mammals, reptiles, and birds
www.belizezoo.org
American Crocodile
The basic good stuff
www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/american_crocodile.html
A whole lot of crocodiles--and some alligators
www.crocodilian.com
How did crocs outlast dinosaurs? Click-able crocodile tells you how.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/crocs/
Blue Morpho Butterfly
See a morpho chrysalis--and read about the life cycle
www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/morpho.asp
Blue morphos on TV
www.insectia.com/beta/e/index.html
Why are morphos blue?
www.mpm.edu/collect/insect.html
Harpy Eagle
Everything you need to know
www.perunature.com/downloads/Harpy.doc
Honduran Ghost Bat
Everything you need to know
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/advanced/bats-01.html
More of everything you need to know, plus lots of photos
www.batcon.org
See bats making tents--photos at end of article
www.batcon.org/batsmag/v12n1-2.html
Howler Monkey
Hear it howl!
www.belizezoo.org/zoo/zoo/mammals/how/how1.html
Howler monkey teeth and bones
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/alouatta/a._palliata$media.html
Not just monkeys--also mangabeys, galagos, pottos, aye-ayes, bushbabies, et cetera
http://members.tripod.com/cacajao/factsheets.html
Leaf Cutter Ant
Ant body diagram and the basic stuff on leaf cutter ants
www.insecta-inspecta.com/ants/leafcutter/
"Fun Facts About Fungi"--and leaf cutters, of course
http://www.herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/factindx.htm
Japanese Ants Image Database--slightly strange introduction to myrmecology
http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/INDEXE.HTM
Antics of Ants--explodes the myths! and gives some interesting factoids
www.sunfoundation.org/Biodiversity/ants/antics.htm
Poison Dart Frog
All the frog and forest stuff you need to know
http://www.aqua.org/animals_bluepoisondartfrog.html
A very toxic frog
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/dendrobates/d._histrionicus$narrative.html
Blue frogs
www.nashvillezoo.org/blfrog.htm
See Icthyostega, the dinosaur frog!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/
Strangler Fig Tree
All you need to know about figs, fish, and wasps
http://www.szgdocent.org/resource/ff/f-stfig.htm
You'll love the pictures!
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ploct99.htm
Higueron! Costa Rican strangler fig
www.cientec.or.cr/ambiente/arboles/htmls/higueron.html
Note: this page is in Spanish. To see it in English, follow these simple instructions--
Go to google.com and search for this URL:
cientec.or.cr/ambiente/arboles/higueron.htm
When your result comes up, click on [translate this page].
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