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  • Into the Amazon

    We took a boat into the Amazon

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    That’s the Amazon over there

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    The brown part.

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    The black part is the River Negro

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    The rivers meet but don’t mix

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    Now we’re in the Amazon

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    Trying to race those storm clouds.

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    The lake our hotel is on is more still.

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    This is our dock.

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    And here is our hotel room.

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    In the Amazon Rain Forest.

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  • Museum of the Amazon Creepy Crawlies

    There were lots of termite trails at the Museum of the Amazon

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    And tons of dragonflies

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    Not all of them were pretty pink

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    Some were just brown

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    There were spiders in the spider house

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    Some of them were small

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    But most were big

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    Especially their legs

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    Their furry furry legs

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    Back to the wild bugs

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    The grasshopper was pretty

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    But not as pretty as the pink dragonflies.

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  • Giant Lilypads

    These are big lilypads.

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    They are Matt-sized.

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    They make pretty pink flowers.

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    They looked pretty comfortable.

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    But they don’t even keep the turtles dry.

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    I guess turtles must be heavy.

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    Especially when they’re stacked.

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    Lilypads probably prefer one turtle at a time.

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    So would the bottom turtle.

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  • Museum of the Amazon

    The museum of the Amazon is mostly outdoors.

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    The highlight is this big tower that takes you way up above the canopy

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    But it really doesn’t look like much in pictures because you can’t see how far down it goes because the giant trees are in the way.

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    Agouti are harder to spot in the jungle.

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    There were some different spikey trees.

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    Some of the spikes were naked

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    And had broken tips.

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    These are cicada chimneys.

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    They also had some enclosed areas, like this orchid house. But it wasn’t orchid season.

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    There was a teeny tiny pineapple.

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    They also had a snake house

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    And a spider house, but we’ll put those in the creepy crawly post.


  • Nightmare Taxidermy

    The taxidermy at the Campo Grande aquarium made us want to cover our eyes.

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    So we’re sharing it with you.

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    It may give you nightmares.

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    Can’t even tell which direction this one is looking.

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    Everything is pulled so taught and animals aren’t that skinny.

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    I’m not sure what this one is looking for.

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    Hopefully not a toucan

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    I bet you don’t even know what this one is

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    At least the anteaters are identifiable.

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