Reptile 1 Facts

As i was walking to get a fresh bucket of water this morning sitting on a tree brach i noticed a green snake. The snake was darker green in color and was almost 3 feet long. Green Snakes are the prey of larger snakes and birds. Green Snakes often eat insects including catepillars and moths. Baby snakes are called snakelets.

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Insect 1 Facts

When I woke up this morning and walked out of my tent on the ground was a turantula, it was about the size of a dinner plate. A lot of animals will try to eat them but they have good defense and they are poisinous so things do not suceed in eating them without being kilt or injured. They prey on small birds and rodents but mostyl other insects. Baby Turantulas are spiderlings.

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Bird 1 Facts

Today we were walking through the forest back to out camp site and sitting up on a high branch in a very tall tree was was Tucan. This tucan was about 2 feet tall. Tucans are the pray off big cats mostly jaguars. They prey upon nuts, bird eggs, and smaller weaker birds. Baby Tucans are chicks.

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Mammal 3 Facts

Today we saw a baby elephant washing off in a small creek running off the river. There were many other elephants standing at the edge of the forrest. The elephant that we could see good was very young but it was still about 6 or 7 feet tall. The elphant could be prey of tigers but they are also hunted by the native people of this area. Elephants are herbivores so they dont prey upon anything except for grass and leaves things of that sort. Baby elephants are called calfs.

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Mammal 2 Facts

This animal is a okapi they are about the size of a  normal horse. They travel in heards like buffalo and  are herbivores even though the hind legs would make you think that they are related to the zebra, there closet realative is actually a girraffe.

Mammal 1 Facts

The gorrilla i seen today was a indangered speicies, the family of them were feeding on some vines and other greenarie. Theses animals acted really shy but we couldnt get close to them or we would anger the males and a gorrilla attack is even more deadly than a bear attack.

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Cool water facts about the congo river

The Congo is the world's eighth-longest river at 2,914 miles long. It begins at the junction of the Lualaba and Luvua rivers, in the Altai Mountains, and flows southwest to the Atlantic Ocean. Major tributaries include the Aruwimi, kasai, and Lomami rivers.

It's not all tropical rainforest, though. Some parts of the surrounding land are full of long grass called "barnyard grass." Many animals graze in this tall grass, including buffalo, antelopes, zebras, gazelles, and giraffes.

The river forms most of the border between Zaire and the Republic of Congo and drains more than 1,600,000 square miles of land. The river has a width in a range of 0.5 to 10 miles.

Water on the way ( Congo River)

Transport Facts

Boats were the most efficent way to travel in the time period from one are to the next. The boat i will be traveling is individualy owned and will have me and 49 other people on it. The journey from my hometown port to a small port on the coast of africa will take 9-11 days and we will be moving day and night with no stops.

Transport