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Cloud forest epiphytes72 viewsCanopy epiphytes catch the morning sun in the El Pahuma cloud forest
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White-fronted Capuchin monkey69 viewsClever monkeys that subsist on a wide range of food items, often using their dextrous hands to crack open seed pods, explore rolled up leaves for insects, and even chase bats out of hiding
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Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan75 viewsThis restricted-range toucan, one of the only blue toucans in the world, is threatened by habitat loss in Ecuador's mountains; luckily a healthy population can be seen at El Pahuma.
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White-bellied Spider Monkey86 viewsAmong the largest monkeys in the Amazon rainforest, they are the only group that truly "brachiates" -- swinging hand over hand through the canopy. Important seed dispersers, they also are among the first species to disappear from forests that are hunted or otherwise disturbed.
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Chuquiragua shrub72 viewsThis high-altitude shrub (genus Chuquiraga) is used to make a tea that combats the effects of elevation; it also is the primary food source for the Ecuadorian Hillstar, one of the highest ranging hummingbirds in the country.
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Hamadryas amphinome butterfly66 viewsThe "click" butterly makes a sounds like snapping fingers in courtship.
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Spiderweb and cloud forest69 viewsA bullhorn spider (Micrathena sp.) is dotted with mist, with early morning cloud forest as its backdrop
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Giant walking stick63 viewsCeiba staff discovered this enormous walking stick in the upper reaches of the Lalo Loor forest. No doctoring has been done to this picture!
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Red Howler Monkey84 viewsThese monkeys routinely growl, bark and howl -- giving them their common name -- at dawn and dusk, when other troops are near, and to signal (complain about?) an incoming rain shower.
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Bosque Seco Lalo Loor65 viewsThe Lalo Loor Dry Forest -- in Spanish, the Bosque Seco Lalo Loor -- is now open! School groups, birdwatchers, scientists, tourists, we have something to offer everyone. Where else can you see howler monkeys just a few minutes after entering the forest?
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Canopy bromeliads47 viewsHigh above the forest floor, on the spreading branches of a giant Ceiba tree, these bromeliads put forth brightly colored displays to attract pollinators to their flowers.
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Black-crowned Night-Heron28 viewsAlthough this photo was taken in California (see the pine?), the same species exists throughout the tropics, even in Ecuador
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Tarantula eats a frog82 viewsA medium-sized tarantula killing and consuming a rainforest frog, photographed by Ceiba students on a night walk in the Amazon.
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Paramo lakes42 viewsHigh-elevation paramo habitat provides a crucial source of water to residents of Andean countries. This site, in Ecuador's Cayambe-Coca National Park, shows the true beauty of the upper paramo.
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Cotopaxi Volcano44 viewsOn a rare day the summit of Cotopaxi can be seen from the paramo below.
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Fuschia in flower70 views
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