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Spiders aren’t everyone’s favorite creature, but they fill an important niche in the rain forest ecology. They ambush and eat insects, other spiders, centipedes and millipedes. They become victims to pesticides, though, when they eat prey killed by those pesticides.
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Banana plants may be found in many spots at Better in Belize. They’re easy to identify, even if they don’t have bananas on them, by their huge leaves which split repeatedly along the midrib of the leaf, giving it a tattered appearance.
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In the tropics the nocturnal Turnip-tailed Gecko is the invisible “bird” chirping up in living room rafters at night. Some say it chirps after nabbing a tasty moth, spider, or cockroach, and if that’s the case, more power to it. But it’s more likely that the chirps are used to establish and proclaim territories.
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Look for Keel-billed Toucans in the canopies of tall trees and along the river at Better in Belize. If you know what to listen for, you can often hear their call, a frog-like “crrikk, crrikk, crrikk,” about one croak per second.
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One of the most iconic sights and sounds at Better in Belize is the howler monkey. They’re not nearly as large as you would expect from the sound – being the loudest land mammal in the world.
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The first time you see a hooded mantis, also called a leaf or shield mantis, you may have trouble believing your eyes, as it looks like a walking leaf, complete with the sort of damage and discolorations you’d see on an actual leaf.