Saturday, May 12, 2018

Siona Lodge: Day 3

Today we took a 5 min boat ride to a hiking destination where we hiked for 3 hours through the rainforest looking for animals. We Found a lot of ant species like bullet ants, leaf cutter ants, army ants, and crazy ants. We also saw 2 kinds frogs, one poisonous one not, and some spiders and birds. While hiking we also saw different types trees and learned about their uses. For example they can be used for medicinal reasons, weapons for blow darts, and trees whose sap is used to make latex. We hiked through muddy areas and through some water, and stood where the equator was at 0000 on the GPS. Later in the day went on a boat ride to find animals and we saw birds and a dolphin. After that we went to the lagoon and swam for a bit. The water was really deep and you could not see what was under you, but the water was amazing. Back at the Siona lodge we watched videos about the river being dried out and how the crew and tourists have to get around in the dry season. We also watched a video about all different types of snakes that can be found in Ecuador.
The next morning we got up early and went bird watching, we found a few birds, and a sloth. When we got back to the lodge there was a cayman near docks that just sat there watching. The cayman did this vibrating shaking thing that shook the water and he made a sound at the end. They do this for communication purposes to either warn us or to call to caymans. It was very interesting to see and the crew hadn't ever captured it on camera before. 






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