Comments on: Wildlife Guide http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/ The premier natural history series Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:45:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elsa http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-16232 Elsa Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:38:45 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-16232 Answer to Clay. The flower you are looking for is found in the the States under Narcissus Paper White Lily. Yes, its the same one used in spiritual cleansings. Just so happens to be found right now in Home Depot Garden Centers or Whole Foods, look for the bulbs. Answer to Clay. The flower you are looking for is found in the the States under Narcissus Paper White Lily. Yes, its the same one used in spiritual cleansings. Just so happens to be found right now in Home Depot Garden Centers or Whole Foods, look for the bulbs.

]]> By: annlouise http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-16171 annlouise Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:47:50 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-16171 go and search the butterfly bat on the cuban website kortney THAT will help !!!!!!!!!!!! go and search the butterfly bat on the cuban website kortney THAT will help !!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: annlouise http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-16170 annlouise Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:15 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-16170 hola, just to say cubas a really good place 2 study. hola, just to say cubas a really good place 2 study.

]]> By: Maria http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-15984 Maria Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:19 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-15984 First in answer to Clay, the flower is called Azucena, and it is of the lily variety. There are many types of azucenas. they are trumpet looking and belong to the deity Obatala if they are the white variety, there are also purple ones (not of the same variety as the white, more like morning glory) which are said to belong to the deity Babalu Aye, although Babalu's flower is the Gladioulus. You are probably looking for the white variety. they are the very strong scented ones and large white flowers. They are used in any ritual that involves Obatala, along with many other flowers, as long as they are white. Obatala is a peaceful and calm deity and is invoked in many rituals when peace and calm to a situation or place is wished for. Now to the tiny shell with occupant. It is known as "cangrejito" wich just means little crab. It's not a crab per se, it is however a tiny crustacean, we used to know them as crangrejito de cojimar. Cojimar is a beach in Cuba. Is that where she found it? There is an insect in Cuba that is called a "cocuyo" it hides in the crevices of trees in the dark and you can tell it's in there because their eyes glow in the dark. You can coax them out with a light and they look like a black cocoon with a pointed snout and spindly long legs. weird, but then again Cuba has the weirdest insects and the hugest scorpions I've ever seen. Also Cuba the most exotic fruits you'll ever see or taste. Cuba is probably the most beautiful island in the Caribean, and has species that are yet to be catalogued, that little frog written about on this page, it was known to natives of that area long, long before it was "discovered" in 1990. Maybe it was catalogued in 1990, but it certainly was well known before that. First in answer to Clay, the flower is called Azucena, and it is of the lily variety. There are many types of azucenas. they are trumpet looking and belong to the deity Obatala if they are the white variety, there are also purple ones (not of the same variety as the white, more like morning glory) which are said to belong to the deity Babalu Aye, although Babalu’s flower is the Gladioulus. You are probably looking for the white variety. they are the very strong scented ones and large white flowers. They are used in any ritual that involves Obatala, along with many other flowers, as long as they are white. Obatala is a peaceful and calm deity and is invoked in many rituals when peace and calm to a situation or place is wished for. Now to the tiny shell with occupant. It is known as “cangrejito” wich just means little crab. It’s not a crab per se, it is however a tiny crustacean, we used to know them as crangrejito de cojimar. Cojimar is a beach in Cuba. Is that where she found it? There is an insect in Cuba that is called a “cocuyo” it hides in the crevices of trees in the dark and you can tell it’s in there because their eyes glow in the dark. You can coax them out with a light and they look like a black cocoon with a pointed snout and spindly long legs. weird, but then again Cuba has the weirdest insects and the hugest scorpions I’ve ever seen. Also Cuba the most exotic fruits you’ll ever see or taste. Cuba is probably the most beautiful island in the Caribean, and has species that are yet to be catalogued, that little frog written about on this page, it was known to natives of that area long, long before it was “discovered” in 1990. Maybe it was catalogued in 1990, but it certainly was well known before that.

]]> By: jenny http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-14225 jenny Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:08:43 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-14225 jennifer it must be a rare spider or rare crab,by the way ask your friend if she liked cuba my parents were born there. jennifer it must be a rare spider or rare crab,by the way ask your friend if she liked cuba my parents were born there.

]]> By: Dan http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-13435 Dan Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:22:37 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-13435 thanks for the info I am doing a project for Spanish class and since Cuba speaks Spanish my group picked that country. thanks for the info I am doing a project for Spanish class and since Cuba speaks Spanish my group picked that country.

]]> By: nicola http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-10870 nicola Mon, 18 May 2009 15:43:54 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-10870 cool pictures! i am doing a poster at school on caribbean islands and i chose to do it on wildlife so this was a great help!!! i told my friends about this website and they said that this website was wicked and they got some very useful information off it like me!!! 'this is the coolest website ever' one of them said with a smile!!!(by the way thats to do with literacy,extended reporting clauses!!!) LOTTE XX cool pictures! i am doing a poster at school on caribbean islands and i chose to do it on wildlife so this was a great help!!! i told my friends about this website and they said that this website was wicked and they got some very useful information off it like me!!! ‘this is the coolest website ever’ one of them said with a smile!!!(by the way thats to do
with literacy,extended reporting clauses!!!)

LOTTE XX

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-10784 Anonymous Sat, 16 May 2009 16:52:57 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-10784 Hi! I'm doing a Micrsoft Word on Cuban Todies. How long do you think they live? Hi! I’m doing a Micrsoft Word on Cuban Todies. How long do you think they live?

]]> By: Kortney http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-9760 Kortney Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:14:15 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-9760 hey i'm doing a power point on cuba thanks for the info but could u help me find out what a butterfly bat from cuba looks likes thanks hey i’m doing a power point on cuba thanks for the info but could u help me find out what a butterfly bat from cuba looks likes thanks

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/wildlife-guide/1245/comment-page-1/#comment-7714 Jennifer Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:27:14 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/wildlife-guide/#comment-7714 Hey! My friend jsut came back from cuba, and broght back some shells from the beach. She game me a little shell, no bigger then a looney. We relized there was something living in it!! We dont know what it is but it hasent died yet. its alive! it almost looks like a hermit crab, with Blue, Red, Black, and yellow legs, little chomper thinggies and stuff.. anyone kno what it is?? Hey! My friend jsut came back from cuba, and broght back some shells from the beach. She game me a little shell, no bigger then a looney. We relized there was something living in it!! We dont know what it is but it hasent died yet. its alive! it almost looks like a hermit crab, with Blue, Red, Black, and yellow legs, little chomper thinggies and stuff.. anyone kno what it is??

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