Animals in the Amazon by Kaelie

Animals in the Amazon

By Kaelie Stainwright

MONKEYS

We saw lots of monkeys in the Amazon. We saw Red Howlers, Squirrel Monkeys, Pocket Monkeys, Yellow Handed Titi, Night Monkeys, Capuchins, Monk Saki and Woolly Monkeys.

Woolly Monkey                            Pocket  Monkey                                       Squirrel Monkey

The Red Howlers were swinging through the trees at the lodge and the Squirrel Monkeys were everywhere in the lodge and in the jungle. The Capuchins we saw a couple of times and we only saw one Pocket  Monkey. We saw the Woolly Monkeys some times when we were in a canoe. The Night Monkeys were scrambling through the trees when we were coming back to the lodge from a night walk. The other monkeys I didn’t see.

This table shows the number of animals in each group that live together.

Squirrel Monkeys	Yellow Handed Titi	Wholly Monkeys	Red Howlers	Capuchins	Pocket Monkey	Night Monkeys	Monk Saki
40 to 50	10 to 11	10 to 45	6 to 15	10 to 35	small group	small group	1 to 5

BIRDS

We saw lots of birds and their names are Stinky Turkeys, Owl, pigeon, Great Anni, Black headed Parrot, Wood pecker, Fork-Tailed Flycatcher and Yellow Flycatcher.

The Stinky Turkey's real name is Hoizan Bird but the local name is Stinky Turkeys. They eat a type of leaf that makes a funny smell and that is why they are called Stinky Turkeys. The flycatchers I didn't see because they were too fast. The wood packers were very cool because we heard them pecking the tree. The Owl we saw when we were coming back from a swim. It turned its head nearly the whole way around and it was very surprising.

SNAKES

We saw a few snakes. They were called Anaconda, Parrot Snake and an Amazonian Boa.

My favourite one was the Anaconda and we saw it when it was sleeping on a branch. The Amazonian boa was seen in the night when it was looking for food. It was trying to get the bird eggs but there weren't any. The parrot snake was looking for frogs at the lodge but I wasn't there.

CAIMANS

We saw three caimans. They were called Dwarf, Speckled and Black. The black caiman was in the water at the lodge looking at every one. The speckled caiman we saw at night but only its eyes. The dwarf caiman we saw just jumping in the water (only its splash).

OTHER ANIMALS

We saw lots of animals like Coatis, Bats, Pink Dolphins, Fish, Sloth, Tarantulas and Crab Spiders. The spiders we saw on night walks. The fish and dolphins we saw at the same time and they were very cool. The sloth was hanging from a tree and got up to eat leaves. The Coatis were running up a tree and the bats were flying in the night.

WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME IN THE AMAZON SEEING ALL THE ANIMALS.