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During our study of Costa Rica we had some very special guests come to teach us a little bit about the Costa Rican way of life and some of the plants and animals that live there.  Chewonki came in and we got to see some animals that live in Costa Rica!  One of them was a millipede.  A millipede is an insect that looks like a very stretched out roly poly with a hard shell and up to 170 legs!  A millipede has little sections on it’s back.  Each of those sections has 4 legs.  For a total of 2 legs on each side of the section. The other insect we saw was a stick bug.  The best way to describe it is basically a stick with legs that moves!!!!!   They change colors depending on their age and some even fly!!!!!  We learned about how many different species of animals live in the rainforest.  50% of the world’s species live in the rainforest which is about 7% of the world.  When we were with Kai and Linda we learned that the rainforest is being cut to make farms.  Where will all those animals go?    


We really liked having Matt come in and talk to us about the rainforest!!  Chewonki was great because they made this program just for us.  Thank you Chewonki.

-Raines, Julia & Thysie  





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