Post on 11-May-2015
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South America Tour
AnimalsSouth American
Llamas
Andean Condor• Vulture species/
Scavengers • Only a few thousand
left in the wild• Wing span of 122
inches• Largest flying bird in
the world• Can live up to 50
years• Roosts at elevations
up to 16,000ft2 year old juvenileVideo
Piranha
• Carnivore• Found in Amazon
Basin
Capybara
• Largest rodent in the world
• Weigh 75-140lbs.
Anaconda
• Found in the Amazon Basin
• Main food is capybara
• Weigh up to 550lbs.
Giant Tortoise
• Only found on the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador
• Can measure 6 feet from head to tail
• Live up to 170 years old
• Four races of them are now extinct
Jaguar & Black Panther
BEACHESSouth American
Ipanema Beach, Brazil
Tayrona, Columbia
El Agua, Venezuela
CITIESSouth American
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
La Paz, Bolivia
• Highest capital in the world
Ushuaia
Geographical Features
South America
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
• Highest active volcano in the world
• Over 19,000 feet
Torres del Paine, Chile• Granite
towers about 12 million years old
Patagonia, Argentina
Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Tepuis, Venezuela
• Plateau height is over 9,000 feet
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
• Biggest salt flat lake in the world
• Covers 4,000 miles
Easter Island
Galapagos Islands
Lake Titicaca
Machu Picchu
The Incas
• After seizing our father Inca
• After deceiving him• They put him to death.• He with the heart of a
puma• The cleverness of a fox• They killed him• Like a llama• Hail fell• Lightning struck• The sun sank• Night fell.
Inca Mummies
Nazca Lines, Peru
El Chupacabra
• “goat-sucker”