Hello! Today we woke up at 6:30 for breakfast for a travel day to Las Cuevas. We stopped along the way at Caraco, the Maya ruins. We were shown around by our tour guide Leo who taught us about the history of the Mayans and explained what we were seeing. We climbed the Maya temple, which is the highest building in Belize! We saw where the Mayans lived and where they would make offerings. Along the way we saw a baby fox among the ruins.

We then headed over to Las Cuevas after a quick lunch. Along the way we saw Howler Monkeys and a Tucan in the trees. We arrived after about an hour and a half and got settled before heading into the rainforest.  In the rainforest we went for a mini loop where we observed army ants, a Tucan, and several interesting plants. One of which was a Bull horn acacia which is known for its symbiotic relationship with ants. Where the ants protect the tree and the tree has hollow horns that provide a home and nutrients for the ants.

Today I only observed one beetle back at Crystal Paradise Resort by the door of our cabin before we left for the day. It was about 20 mm long and had a unique horn on its head. Because of the horn this beetle was probably a Dung beetle.

We ended the day with presentations all throughly tired but excited for tomorrow! IMG_0245