Sentences with phrase «like tapir»

Other iconic animals living here include the giant river otters that play, hunt, and eat as a social family group, the elusive jaguar prowling the forest for favored prey like tapir and capybara, and intimidating black caiman that reach a similar size as large crocodiles.

«Species like the tapir and peccary provide an important ecosystem service by dispersing seeds,» she said.

Sixteen of Costa Rica's endangered animal species live in the Tortuguero National Park, like tapirs, ocelots, manatees, and green sea turtles, after which the region is named.

Featuring only animals that have been donated, rescued or bred in captivity, the Belize Zoo is filled with native wildlife like tapirs and black howler monkeys.

Bello ran computer simulations of what would happen in Brazil's Atlantic forest if the trees that depend on large fruit - eaters like tapirs, muriqui monkeys and jacutinga birds went extinct.

Not exact matches

Young tapirs are spotted like watermelons, and when he saw April he said that if you eat a young tapir, you'll become spotted yourself.

And the government report suggests that outsiders are poaching animals like peccary and tapir — staple foods for tribes.

It is a land of odd creatures: giant anteaters, tapirs, maned wolves, the llama - like guanaco, flightless rheas as tall as I am, and as many as 10 species of armadillo.

They also analyzed the feet of the closely related Central American tapir, which are oddly toed like Hyracotherium.

Lush swamp forests fringed the Arctic, inhabited by turtles, alligators, primates, tapirs, and the hippo - like Coryphodon (just as the myth claims).

You will have to chance to spot these mammals in their living environments, and there is even the opportunity to participate in special activities like petting a jaguar or cuddling with a tapir.

Much of the area remains covered by thick jungle vegetation, not only hiding further Mayan structures but also home to wildlife like armadillos, tapirs, crocodiles, and many more, making it a great spot to catch a glimpse of Belize's incredible biodiversity.

As for mammals, the largest ones, like sloths, jaguars, and tapirs, are shy and rarely glimpsed.

The park is home to a butterfly pavilion, a coral reef aquarium, a wildlife breeding farm specializing in the conservation of birds like macaws, parrots, flamingos, and toucans, an orchid greenhouse, a mushroom farm, a sea turtle conservation center and nursery, and mammal habitats for jaguars, spider - monkeys, deer, manatees, dolphins, and tapirs.

Largely undisturbed by humans, this area offers the best chance of spotting endangered species like jaguars and the Baird's tapir.

There are over 125 animals native to Belize at the zoo, including endangered species like the Jaguar, Tapirs, Black Howler Monkeys and many more.

«I decided to do the Tapir trip without knowing much about Ecuador and was pleasantly surprised to discover an amazing country with tons of activities and such a variety of climates - it was like seeing three countries in one trip!

This is a good location to observe animals like peccaries, coatis and tapirs.

You'll get to see jaguars, tropical birds, insects, and an odd, pig - like animal called a tapir.

The Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve is also home to Baird's tapirs (Belize's national animal), cougars, jaguars, ocelots and crocodiles, as well as dozens of native bird species like the ocellated turkey, keel - billed toucan and the red - lored parrot.

Along the way, we stopped at the Belize Zoo and saw all the animals we hadn't seen at Pooks, like crocodile, jaguar, tapir and harpy eagle, just to name a few.

At ground level, you can find interesting animals like peccaries (wild pigs), gibnuts, deer, crocodiles, and Baird's tapir (Belize's national animals).

Families can see the endangered black howler monkey at the Community Baboon Sanctuary, big cats like pumas and jaguars at the Belize Zoo (an animal sanctuary), or hike through Cockscomb Basin Reserve to see Baird's tapir, Belize's national animal.