tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36967471486581085492024-03-13T01:35:41.159-07:00Trip TimeJamie and Jason's blog about our year-long world trip.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-81371955637935837232014-06-17T00:48:00.000-07:002014-06-17T00:48:00.818-07:00Rhinos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I learned that
poachers poison vultures, because they don't want the farmers to know that a
rhino was poached.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The farmers would
know because the vultures would be flying over the rhino carcass.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Rhino, Pilanesburg South Africa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-backed Vulture, Etosha Pan, Namibia</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I learned that
people think that rhino horn can be used in medicines.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In Vietnam, </span><a href="http://krafttrip.blogspot.com/2014/02/vietnams-emptying-forests.html" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" target="_blank">ENV (Education for NatureVietnam)</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> educates people that rhino horn is the same stuff that your
fingernails are made of.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">So it doesn't
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center we learned about cheetahs and even got to touch one!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one we got to touch was a young male
cheetah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petting a cheetah!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Cubs!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The rescue center started a
cheetah breeding program in 1971.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before
that, only 100 cubs total had been born in captivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have bred 720 cubs since the breeding
program was started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They even helped
get cheetahs removed from the endangered list!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Cheetahs have an oval tail
that helps them with speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they're
running, cheetahs actually spend most of the time in the air between
strides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fastest cheetah recorded ran...
75 miles an hour!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cheetah was a
female one; they are faster and lighter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cheetahs' average speed is 37-49 miles per hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheetahs hunt every 2 or 3 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have 1,600 - 2,000 spots!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">At the rescue center they
have another kind of cheetah called a king cheetah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 200 king cheetahs in the wild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>King cheetahs can't camouflage as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They thought the king cheetah was a
sub-species, but at this rescue center they discovered that it was not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really caused by a recessive gene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If both parents have it, you have a chance
that a king cheetah cub would be born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King cheetah</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I loved going to the rescue center, and cheetahs are one of my favorite animals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By Jason</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Lions are the largest cat in
Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The only cat larger than the lion in the world, is the tiger.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Lions breed during any time
of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Lions mate over many
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There can be 1-4 (or sometimes 6)
cubs in a litter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lions breeding in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Lions are the only cats that
form groups called "prides."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Prides have an average
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Lions don't have a natural
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Male lions are 396-528
pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Female lions are 264-396 pounds.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Here are some white lions we saw. The cause of white lions is a recessive gene. They are a not a separate species. Each parent has to have the recessive gene for there to be a chance of having a white lion.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young male white lion at Lion Park</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-28576206438791774202014-04-05T00:20:00.000-07:002014-04-05T00:20:04.592-07:00Vegetarian in India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Jamie and Jason have been doing lots of
standardized testing lately, so we're catching up on posts:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>here's an update from them on India.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">_______________V_E_G_E_T_A_R_I_A_N__I_N__I_N_D_I_A_______________</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Jamie:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In India we were vegetarian for a month. The
reason we went vegetarian was that Jason challenged us to do it in Perú for a
week, but it was hard to do in Perú. So we suggested to do it for a month in
India because it is very easy to do there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We decided that we could still eat some fish, because the fish is good
in the south. Jason challenged us because meat is not good for the environment.
(It takes more than 600 gallons of water to make one hamburger!)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It was kind of easy, but the
one part that was kind of hard was not eating bacon. I ate a lot of things,
like: paneer makhani; rice; naan; chapati; raita.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Jason: Being vegetarian in India was successful.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I am very proud about
getting Mama, Diddy and Jamie to not eat any meat.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-23365595387851327782014-03-11T20:55:00.000-07:002014-03-11T20:55:49.254-07:00Seeing a tiger in India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By Jamie and Jason<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went on a safari in Ranthambhore Reserve</td></tr>
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<b>Jason:</b><br />
In Ranthambhore, India, we went on a safari and saw a tiger. The tiger we saw on the safari was a big male tiger. Our safari was cold because we went on it in the morning. We went in an open-air Jeep that could hold six-seven people, plus a driver and a guide. We found the tiger by its footprints and its roar.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger footprint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The male tiger we saw</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another picture of the tiger we saw</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our open-air jeep</td></tr>
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Here is some information about tigers:<br />
- All tiger stripes are not the same. No two tigers have the same pattern of stripes. <br />
- It's not a good idea to have tigers as pets because when they get older and play with you, they could hurt you very badly.<br />
- There are about 1700 Bengal tigers left in the wild in India. Bengal tigers are also called Indian tigers.<br />
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<b>Jamie:</b><br />
Here are some more facts about tigers:<br />
- There are 3200 tigers in the wild. There are 8 subspecies of tigers. 3 of them are extinct.<br />
- Male tigers can be 9 to 9 1/2 feet long. Female tigers are about 8 1/2 feet long.<br />
- The size and color of different species of tigers can be different based on their surroundings and climate.<br />
- They sometimes eat leopards and bears. They usually eat sambar deer (a type of deer found in India) and bovids (hoofed mammals like antelope and bison).<br />
- Hungry tigers sometimes eat up to 60 pounds in one night. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sambar deer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted deer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian antelope</td></tr>
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Tigers are endangered. In some places the habitat isn't big enough to live in, and tigers need a big habitat. They have lost habitat because people are using it for agriculture, or farming, and people living in areas that used to be forest. People hunt their prey, so they don't have enough prey. One more threat to tigers is that people kill the tigers and use tiger parts for traditional medicine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farm very close to Ranthambhore - the little covered platform is a place where farmers sometimes sleep to guard against wild animals</td></tr>
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Countries where tigers live have formed a group, and by the year 2022, the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese lunar calendar, they want to double the number of tigers. Their goal is to have 6,000 tigers living in the wild. <br />
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I loved seeing that tiger, and I hope that the countries that are trying to save tigers achieve their goal.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-40947645502905829622014-03-06T23:29:00.000-08:002014-03-06T23:29:18.854-08:00Cambodia homestay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By Jamie<br />
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Here's a 3 1/2 minute video post about our homestay on the Mekong river in Cambodia.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-60100232763637661192014-02-22T18:07:00.001-08:002014-02-22T18:07:46.708-08:00Angkor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By Jason<br />
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There are two Angkors: the temple, Angkor Wat, and the city, Angkor. Around 1200, when London was only 50,000 people, the city of Angkor was 1 million people. <br />
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Khmer kings in Cambodia had the city of Angkor built, including Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm. They took many years and thousands of people worked on them. In the temples, there are a lot of carvings, and the carvings are very detailed and perfect.<br />
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Angkor Wat</h3>
Angkor Wat is the most special temple in the city of Angkor, and it is also the world's largest religious building. Suryavarman II had Angkor Wat built. <br />
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Bayon</h3>
Bayon is about 800 years old. Bayon is a Buddhist temple, and Jayavarman VII built Bayon. There were 54 towers, and each tower had four faces. If you add up all the faces, you would get 216 faces. The faces look like Avalokiteshvara, a Buddhist god. They also look like Jayavarman VII. There are a lot of bats in the tall towers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason's drawing of Bayon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-198aa80c-5a65-4def-8922-8b01e84e6dd2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jason, at Bayon.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the towers at Bayon.</td></tr>
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Ta Prohm</h3>
Ta Prohm is also known as the Tomb Raider temple.Ta Prohm is diffrent from the other temples becuse the trees conquered the temple and you can't see most of the temple. Ta Prohm is about 800 years old. Jayavarman VII built Ta Prohm for his mother.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason's drawing of Ta Prohm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-198aa80c-5a67-4dcf-8dae-9b9d25bd0159"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The trees conquering Ta Prohm</span></span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-5146963387481662432014-02-20T09:08:00.001-08:002014-02-20T09:08:25.151-08:00Vietnam - Video post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By Jamie<br />
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Here's a 4 minute video blog post about our time in Vietnam.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-43387818597739849182014-02-09T01:54:00.000-08:002014-02-09T01:55:20.133-08:00Box TurtlesBy Jason<br />
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We visited a turtle rescue center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. The turtle rescue center helps turtles that are captured from the illegal wildlife trade. They also try to preserve species that are endangered. A woman named Sarah gave us a tour and we saw turtles and she taught us about them. We saw a turtle that was a baby box turtle. There are many kinds of box turtles in the world. Box turtles are found in Asia and North America, but there are different species in the two continents.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Wahl gave us a tour of the turtle rescue center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A young box turtle</td></tr>
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There is a hinge on the under side of a box turtle that allows them to close their shell all the way. When box turtles get scared they close the bottom of the shell.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under side of a box turtle - look for the hinge, it is just above the thumb and goes straight across the shell</td></tr>
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We visited another turtle center in Cambodia on the way to a homestay near Kratie. I got to hold a box turtle there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me holding a baby box turtle in Cambodia</td></tr>
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Turtles are really cool but it's not always a good idea to have them as a pet, because they live a really long time. Some turtles live 50-100 years. And it's not a good idea to re-release turtles into the wild, because they may have diseases and they may not be found in the area where you live. There's one species of turtle that is very very bad. It's called the Red Slider. It's from the United States and is not native to Vietnam. It's been released into the wild when people got tired of having it as a pet. But it eats anything and everything, including other turtles. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red slider</td></tr>
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Here's a good site for more information on box turtles:<br />
<a href="http://www.boxturtlesite.info/">http://www.boxturtlesite.info</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-37736602813909592432014-01-28T02:30:00.000-08:002014-01-28T02:30:24.798-08:00Monkey Mia - dolphins!!!!By Jamie<br />
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Monkey Mia is one of the places we stayed at in Australia. When we got to Monkey Mia, the first thing we did was to swim in the ocean! The next day we went to the dolphin interaction area and went to three feedings. We even got to feed fish to the dolphins. The dolphin I fed was named Nikki. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 dolphins swimming close to us</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolphin close-up</td></tr>
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During the dolphin feedings we also saw a venomous sea snake. It came right up to the shore in very shallow water. <br />
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We had a car with a pop-up roof-top tent. It was actually built to fit 5 people, so we fit in well. We really liked the tent!<br />
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At Monkey Mia we also went on a boat tour. On the tour we saw turtles, dugongs, and dolphins. There were two dolphins that were racing the boat! You can see them in the video below. We also saw two manta rays and fish. On the front of the boat they had nets that you could sit on. At one point on the tour, off the back of the boat they put a different net that touches the water when you sit in it. The boat moves its normal speed and the water splashes you in the net.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-24281125201224406832014-01-27T21:14:00.001-08:002014-01-27T21:14:03.579-08:00Vietnamese New YearBy Jason and Mama<br />
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Jamie and Jason have learned about Chinese New Year at Peter Hobart, and we wondered how the New Year is celebrated here in Vietnam.<br />
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Vietnamese New Year is called Tet, and it’s celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year. Tet is in January or February, depending on the lunar calendar (which is based on movements of the moon). This year, Tet is on January 31.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decorating a street for Tet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a New Year sign for a building</td></tr>
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New Year’s is the most important celebration of the year here in Vietnam. Did you know that the Vietnamese don’t celebrate birthdays on the day they are born? Instead, when Vietnamese children are born, they are considered 1 year old. They turn two on New Year's Day, regardless of when they were actually born. Everyone celebrates their birthday on the same day!<br />
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We wondered if there would be parades or festivities in major cities, like Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City (which used to be called Saigon). But although there are some parades, New Year’s in the cities is quieter than we expected. Instead, many people go home to their families, many of whom live in the countryside. <br />
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We’ve seen lots of people preparing for the New Year – workers hanging decorations over the streets, for example. Many buildings and businesses have signs reading “Chúc Mừng Năm Mới” – or Happy New Year! People prepare by cleaning their homes, decorating with kumquat trees and yellow flowers, and perhaps buying a new outfit for the celebrations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow flowers for sale in Cai Rang floating market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kumquat trees for sale in the park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kumquat tree on a motorcycle (with 2 people!)</td></tr>
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Red and yellow decorations are everywhere! According to one local person we met, red signifies happiness and yellow signifies luck for the year to come.<br />
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Many Vietnamese families believe in "kitchen spirits" that protect their family. The week before Tet, they send these spirits on a journey to visit the Jade Emperor in heaven. On Tet, they celebrate with noisy drums, gongs and fireworks to scare evil spirits away and welcome back the lucky ones. <br />
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Like Chinese families do for Chinese New Year, Vietnamese parents give their kids red envelopes with lucky money called li xi. Families also believe that the first visitor of the new year will help determine their luck for the coming year. They try to have a successful, lucky person be their first visitor.<br />
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Happy New Year, everyone!!!<br />
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Stromatolites are limestone rock formations that live in the ocean, made by a kind of bacteria called cyanobacteria. These cyanobacteria were one of the first life forms on earth. They have existed for 3 1/2 billion years. Stromatolites also produce oxygen. If there weren't stromatolites we probably wouldn't be living as they produced oxygen that allowed life to evolve. They were the major life form on earth for more than 2 billion years! Living stromatolites are only found in Western Australia and the Bahamas. They were so cool!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-43591028621983067162013-12-15T03:38:00.001-08:002013-12-15T03:38:37.379-08:00Galapagos PenguinsBy Jason<br />
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I really wanted to see Galapagos Penguins. They were the main reason I wanted to come to the Galapagos. <br />
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Galapagos Penguins only live in the Galapagos. They are a little bit bigger than 1 ½ feet and they weigh about 5 ½ pounds. They are very small. Also, they are the second smallest species of penguin.<br />
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Galapagos penguins are the only penguins that go north of the equator.<br />
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Behavior</h4>
The penguins stay in the Galapagos. They eat small fish and sometimes crustaceans. They eat during the day and go on land at night.<br />
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Population</h4>
There are only 1,500 Galapagos penguins. They are endangered. They are the rarest species of penguins in the world even rarer than Yellow-eyed Penguins which live in New Zealand. The New Zealand penguins are still pretty rare.<br />
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The number of Galapagos penguins can be hurt by El Niño because their food goes farther underwater or farther away. My sister Jamie wrote about El Niño in <a href="http://jamiejason.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/sea-lions.html">her post about sea lions</a>.<br />
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Breeding</h4>
Galapagos penguins mate for life and probably don’t divorce. They breed every other year and lay one or two eggs. The eggs take 38-40 days to hatch with both parents helping out.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-38029946959747351462013-12-15T01:58:00.004-08:002013-12-15T01:58:57.096-08:00Sea LionsBy Jamie<br />
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We saw a lot of sea lions and some fur seals while we were in The Galapagos. I like them because they look so cute and they come sooo close to you! Most animals in the Galapagos aren’t scared of humans because humans only started coming to the Galapagos about 500 years ago.<br />
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The first picture shows a sea lion that visited us on our boat. <br />
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The next picture is from Isla Genovesa (Isla means island in Spanish). <br />
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Male sea lions can weigh up to 550 pounds. Females are smaller. They can be about 5 to 8 feet long. They’re related to California sea lions, but Galapagos sea lions are a little bit smaller. <br />
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Breeding</h4>
Males compete to get and keep a territory. The territory is for breeding with a harem. A harem means a lot of females, typically between 5 and 25. Males keep their territory for only a few months because it takes a lot of energy and they can’t eat while defending a territory.<br />
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They breed from May to January. Females have a single pup each year. The mothers nurse for 11 months.<br />
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The population of sea lions ranges between 20,000 and 50,000. One of the big threats to them is El Niño. El Niño is a warming of the surface of the Pacific Ocean. <br />
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El Niño hurts the sea lions because the fish they eat move further underwater to avoid the surface because it is too warm for them. It takes a lot of energy for the sea lions to go far underwater.<br />
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El Niño happens about every two to seven years. But these El Niño events are usually weak. Major El Niño events happened about 30-40 years apart until 1972. Since then they have happened about every 10 years apart. People think that it is happening more frequently now because of climate change.<br />
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A sea lion was playing with us while we were snorkeling. It came two feet away! It was sooo cool!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-22025074084394054672013-11-01T18:38:00.000-07:002013-11-01T18:38:06.823-07:00The IncasBy Jamie and Jason<br />
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The Incas began in Cusco, Peru, and eventually their empire stretched all the way up and down the western coast of South America. The Incas also had emperors who they believed were gods. The Inca emperors were called Sapa Incas. It means the only Inca. Here are some of the emperors:<br />
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<li>Manco Capac</li>
<li>Pachacuti</li>
<li>Tupac Inca</li>
<li>Huayna Capac</li>
<li>Huascar</li>
<li>Atahualpa</li>
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The most important Inca gods were:<br />
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<li>Inti the sun god</li>
<li>Viracocha – creator of the world</li>
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The Inca empire lasted about 100 years in the 1400s and 1500s. The Spanish came and conquered the Incas.<br />
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The Incas spoke Quechua (sounds like KAY-CHWA).<br />
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<b>How the Incas built structures</b><br />
The Incas built roads that stretched 15,000 miles all the way from Colombia to Chile and Argentina. They also built structures for worshipping their gods and other structures that they lived in. The Incas built the structures by using small stones to carve other stones for the walls. Between the stones there was NO mortar! They fit the stones together so you can’t even fit a needle in the middle. This kind of wall was only used for special and important places.<br />
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The Incas also built another kind of wall. This wall used mud as mortar. They built the walls, windows, and doors, slanted in so the structures would be strong in earthquakes. When an earthquake happened both kinds of their walls didn’t fall down because they were so sturdy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jamie's drawing of the two different kinds of Inca walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A perfect Inca wall at Quricancha (where Incas worshipped the sun god)</td></tr>
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<b>Chaskis</b><br />
Here is some information on chaskis or Inca messengers. Chaskis are like people telephones. Chaskis ran over the roads and told other chaskis the message. They could get a message 250 miles in a day. Remember, the Incas had 15,000 miles of cobblestone roads. Only important people were allowed to use the roads.<br />
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<b>Machu Picchu</b><br />
Machu Picchu is an Inca site. It is high in the mountains. The people that lived there were Inca priests and important people. The emperors went to Machu Picchu every year to worship the Inca gods and maybe for a vacation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jamie's drawing of Machu Picchu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Machu Picchu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason's drawing of the Puma Stone at Machu Picchu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The real Puma Stone</td></tr>
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Here are the animals that we saw at Machu Picchu:<br />
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<li>Chinchillas</li>
<li>Llamas</li>
<li>Lizard</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinchillas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Gammo (Grandmother) with a llama</td></tr>
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<b>Pre-Inca</b><br />
The Inca empire was not the first civilization in South America. There were many earlier civilizations, including the Moche and Chimu.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason's drawing of Moche and Chimu pottery</td></tr>
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The EndAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-84909421278482165832013-10-19T15:36:00.000-07:002013-10-19T15:36:29.178-07:00Condors in Colca CanyonBy Jamie and Jason<br />
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When we went to the Colca Canyon (in Peru), we saw two Andean condors. We wanted to learn more about them, so we looked up information about them, and made this post.<br />
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<b>Facts</b><br />
Its wingspan is up to 10 1/2 feet. It has the longest wingspan of any bird. It's the biggest bird that can fly. Its weight is up to 33 pounds. The Andean condor's body length is 4 feet (average) when it is fully grown (almost as big as Jason). They need wind to fly, because they are so heavy. They glide on wind currents. Because of this, they need to live in windy areas. They live along the coast of western South America, and in the Andes mountains.<br />
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Condors are carnivores. They are scavengers, and they act like a clean-up crew, by cleaning up the leftovers from dead animals. They're actually a type of vulture. <br />
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They are endangered, and they only have one chick every two years. The Andean condor is in better shape than its California condor cousin. The Andean condor gets some help through breeding programs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andean Condor we saw in Colca Canyon, Peru</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of Condor</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-20829198054645674552013-10-07T15:51:00.000-07:002013-10-07T15:51:57.797-07:00Blue Morpho ButterfliesBy Jamie & Jason<br />
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This is our post about blue morpho butterflies. The reason we are doing this post is we wondered about morphos and why the top side of their wings are blue. Also, 1st grade at our school will be studying and taking care of butterflies in the spring.<br />
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<b>Facts about Blue Morpho Butterflies</b><br />
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The top side appears to be iridescent blue, but isn’t really blue. Their wings have nanostructures, or very very small structures, that reflect blue light. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from Wikipedia</td></tr>
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The bottom side is brown with spots that look like eyes. The brown provides camouflage from predators when the wings are closed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom side of blue morphos (while eating fermented fruit)</td></tr>
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When it’s flying the iridescent blue and brown flash making it seem like the butterfly is appearing and disappearing. Birds and insects eat morpho butterflies. <br />
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Blue morphos eat fermented fruit. Fermented means rotten fruit that has alcohol in it. They eat the fruit through a proboscis, which is kind of like a straw, and is their mouth. <br />
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Blue morpho butterflies only live 3-4 weeks as butterflies because of what they eat (alcohol isn’t so good for butterflies just as it isn’t for humans). Their entire lifespan is 115 days including when they are caterpillars.<br />
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Blue Morpho butterflies live in Mexico, Central America, and the northern parts of South America. They have a 5-8 inch wingspan and they’re one of the biggest butterflies in the world.<br />
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Links:<br />
<a href="http://www.nisenet.org/scientific-images/blue_morpho_butterfly" target="_blank">NISE Network</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpho_menelaus" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids/species-profiles/blue-butterfly" target="_blank">Rainforest Alliance</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSMeov4dH3w" target="_blank">Youtube video</a> that zooms into the wings of a blue morpho<br />
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(Note - the Wikipedia photo is provided under the Creative Commons license - <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Morpho.jpg" target="_blank">more info here</a>)<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-19270800335369532752013-09-08T08:52:00.000-07:002013-09-08T08:52:58.224-07:00Fun!!By Jamie<br />
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In Costa Rica we went to the...<br />
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We went horseback riding</div>
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We did a night tour</div>
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We saw monkeys above the road</div>
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We went to the Manuel Antonio National Park</div>
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We went to a <a href="http://www.cabure.net/Tours/Tours.html" target="_blank">chocolate tour</a> at Cafe Cabure.<br />
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We did all this in the past week and a half.<br />
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<b>Chocolate</b><br />
I learned chocolate grows inside a fruit as beans on a tree. The tree is called a cacao tree. The cacao tree produces fruit pods that are shaped like footballs. The seeds of those fruits eventually are turned into chocolate. <br />
How Chocolate is Made:<br />
- First, the wet seeds are fermented.<br />
- After the seeds are fermented they are dried.<br />
- Next, the beans are roasted.<br />
- Then the beans are shelled.<br />
- After that they are ground.<br />
- The heat from the grinding turns the beans into a liquid.<br />
- Last, they put in sugar and milk and other ingredients to make the chocolate.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-23678882437467496392013-09-08T06:40:00.001-07:002013-09-08T14:08:27.748-07:00Jason at Fundacion Corcovado (the turtle place)By Jason<br />
At Drake Bay, Costa Rica<br />
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At <a href="http://www.corcovadofoundation.org/sea-tutle-conservation.html" target="_blank">Fundacion Corcovado</a> we put in turtle nest traps. The way they work, when a turtle hatches it will hit the trap and stay. It doesn’t hurt the turtle, but it keeps them in one place, so that they don’t escape and they can count how many turtles hatched. After they count how many turtles have hatched, they pick them up and put them into a bucket to put them on the sand on the beach so they can go toward the ocean. Why they put them on the sand is so they have a better chance of reaching the ocean, and they don’t get killed by crabs and birds that might want to eat them. <br />
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Why they put them on the beach instead of the ocean is they want them to remember the beach so that they lay their eggs there when they get to be adults.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the runway walking to the beach where the turtles' nests are</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hatchery before we put in the turtle nest traps</td></tr>
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Most of the turtles that nest there are <a href="http://www.corcovadofoundation.org/img/fotos2/galeria/PT10.jpg" target="_blank">Olive Ridley sea turtles</a>. But they did find one green sea turtle nest and one dead baby. It was probably killed by a crab.<br />
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The turtles can lay over 100 eggs so it’s normal that a few die.<br />
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<u>Here is more information about sea turtles from research that I did.</u><br />
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Why turtles nest on land and not in the ocean (this was a question I had about sea turtles):<br />
- Babies have to breathe air<br />
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Nesting steps:<br />
1. Body pit, digging with flippers as the female sea turtle turns her body around<br />
2. Egg cavity: The sea turtle digs with its back flippers to make a hole that looks like a tear drop that the eggs go in.<br />
3. Lays eggs: 80-120 eggs in one nest (the eggs are flexible - it allows the females to hold more eggs and the eggs don't break when they hit the bottom of the egg cavity)<br />
4. She covers the egg cavity with sand.<br />
5. Throws sand in all directions to disguise the nest so that predators don't find the eggs.<br />
6. She goes back into the ocean to return to the feeding place.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-60277337709256732632013-08-29T17:09:00.000-07:002013-08-29T17:09:39.551-07:00Monkey Bridges near Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa RicaBy Jason<br />
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1. About the Monkey Bridges<br />
Monkey bridges are blue ropes so that monkeys don't have to walk across the road every time they have to cross. Before, monkeys were either using the power lines or walking across the road. Some monkeys were electrocuted and hit by cars.<br />
2. How the Monkey Bridges Began<br />
Two girls saved up money to buy land. Then they created monkey bridges so that monkeys could cross from one side of the road to another, but still some were getting electrocuted, but none were getting hit by cars.<br />
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They raised up the population by more than double the Titi monkeys. Ten years ago there were only 1,200, but since the monkey bridges began, there kept being more and more Titi monkeys. There are now 3,700.<br />
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The two girls made an organization called <a href="http://kidssavingtherainforest.org/" target="_blank">Kids Saving The Rainforest</a>.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-54965418465507758572013-08-23T15:35:00.000-07:002013-09-24T05:37:35.762-07:00The Children's Eternal RainforestBy Jamie<br />
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We're in Monteverde, Costa Rica! <br />
We got here by:<br />
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<li>Taking a plane to Atlanta;</li>
<li>Taking a plane to San Jose;</li>
<li>Staying overnight in a hotel;</li>
<li>Taking a 4-hour bus ride to Monteverde! </li>
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In Monteverde, we went to the Children's Eternal Rainforest.<br />
Facts and videos about this rainforest:<br />
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The Children's Eternal Rainforest has 60 species of amphibians, 101 species of reptiles, 425 species of birds, and 121 species of mammals that represent 50.5% of the total species of terrestrial vertebrates in Costa Rica. Terrestrial vertebrates are animals that live on land that have backbones.<br />
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Here is a video report from Jamie about how the Children's Eternal Rainforest started. <br />
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(Note - in the video Jamie talks about kids from Sweden raising one million dollars. This is what we were told by one of the people we interviewed. We've since confirmed that the still amazing amount was actually $100,000)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-73542105668893173662013-08-21T14:28:00.003-07:002013-08-21T14:28:46.409-07:00Jason on jaguarsVideo of Jason talking about the last pair of jaguars in the rainforest here (<a href="http://www.acmcr.org/childrens_eternal_rainforest.htm">Children's Eternal Rainforest</a> in Monteverde, Costa Rica)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966027490966817587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696747148658108549.post-40692030228408318102013-05-08T06:02:00.001-07:002013-05-29T15:42:01.311-07:00(:Our trip:)<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Jamie</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Going to the beach</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look at glaciers</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Explore ruins</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See lots of animals</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visit the desert</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ride an elephant</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Go to museums</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visit family</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See a castle</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peru</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Galapagos</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Australia</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vietnam</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cambodia</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">India</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zambia</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Namibia</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Europe (in Europe, Spain, France, Italy, Holland, and Norway)</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Arctic (in The Arctic, Svalbard)</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am most excited about going to India because we might get to ride on an elephant, and because my dad has gone there a lot, when he was there, he got me an Indian dress. I am least excited about not seeing my friends for a long time. </span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will not be going to school. I will be getting home schooled, so my mom and dad teach me when we are on the trip. </span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the trip I will be in 3rd grade, and my brother will be in 1st grade.</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am so excited to go on the trip!</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-269e866d-843b-dd15-7a29-497a2565e31a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P.S. I will be blogging some more about our trip and posting videos also. (: :)The End...of my first blog post.</span></b></div>
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