Cuyabeno Amazon Jungle

this photo is a hard one however if you can find the green leaf you may be able to see two little legs that are brown with lines on them.. this photo is showing the hole that one of the deadliest tarantulas in the amazon lives in, the leaf is coaxing the tarantula to show itself and the legs are those of the tarantula. The orange part in the photo are leaves surrounding the tarantula hole... and yes zoom times 4 was used in this photo!!!!

Amazon Jungle Fever!!

June 4th 2007
The Amazon Jungle.. a brief introduction... Facts: In total the Amazon covers 2,700,000 square miles, which makes it as big as Australia. A network of 50,000 miles of waterways criss-cross the Amazon, about 14,ooo miles of them being navigable. Over 60,000 species of tropical plant are native to the Amazon basin. That is about one quarter of all plant species on earth. Some 4,000 species o ... read more

South America » Ecuador » East » Cuyabeno Reserve

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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