The Frogs, fish, and moss exhibition reveals the adventures of animals and plants at the Ducke Forest Reserve in their journey between water and land. In this exhibit, visitors can find explanatory panels, aquariums, a terrarium, replicas of muiraquitãs, the Cururu game, and the bryophyte tangram
Bitter manioc (Manihot esculenta) is toxic. Through an ingenious succession of manipulations – grating the roots, squeezing the pulp, and toasting the flour –, its toxicity can be significantly reduced, and a product that is naturally toxic is transformed into a healthy, nutritious, and tasty food
The Fish and people exhibition tells stories about the skills and the imaginary of a people who live in the upper Negro River. It also tells about the Museum of the Amazon, the Musa, a live natural and cultural museum of the Amazon forest
Fungi are known by their common names such as mold, mildew, yeast, and mushrooms
Cicadas are insects from the Cicadidae family. The chimney-building cicadas at Musa belong to the Guyalna chlorogena (Walker) species. Life cycle A During their brief life, adult cicadas mate, stimulated by the courtship callsof the males. B Before they die, the females deposit their eggs on tree branches. C A miniscule larva (2 mm) comes out of the egg, drops to […]
Some time ago, a Norwegian visitor who was also a butterfly lover confessed with teary eyes that he had never before seen a live Morpho helonor, the gorgeous common blue morpho butterfly. Habitual in the forest and always present in our butterfly vivarium, it landed on his shoulder. A moment he will never forget
In the middle of the forest, right next to the Victoria Amazonica Lake, close to the Fern Alcove, you will find the Denis and Luciana Minev Aquarium
The snake vivarium presently houses two venomous snake species – the common lancehead (Bothrops atrox) and the Mt. Roraima rattle snake (Crotalus durissus ruruima) – and five non-venomous ones – the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), the common tree boa (Corallus hortulanus),
the red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor), the rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria),
and the green vine snake (Oxybelius fulgidus).
The famous Victoria amazonica, once known as Victoria regia after Queen Victoria from England, may be viewed at the Musa Lake
Inaugurated in October 2011, the Fern garden introduces the public to several species of Amazonian ferns
