Last weekend I ventured briefly down to the South Western area of Haiti.
Apart from working and doing some relaxing as well, we walked up to the fascinating Grotte Marie-Jeanne, a complex system of caves nearby which have some interesting artefacts from early days of Haitian life, some Taino pottery having been found here also. Although not fully mapped yet, it is thought to be probably the longest cave system in the Caribbean at over 1km.
This huoses all sorts of interesting animals, bats, birds and insects of differing classes. There’s just a very few images here but it’s a really fascinating place and it seems there may be some species amongst them which are either not yet recognised by science or not yet fully understood. Apart from several very large & hairy spiders…
most intriguing for me was this blue earthworm. Not sure if this is an unusual variant (perhaps caused by diet?) but it certainly is not something I have ever seen before. Anyone out there who is able to shed light on this, I’d really appreciate the answer!
No comments:
Post a Comment