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Animals in
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Hundreds of
species!
The
Philippines is a tropical country with a 'Tropical rainforest climate'.
The high
temperatures and the continuously high humidity the whole year
through, make that there are more
than 3500 species of plants and animals!
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Influence of the tropical
climate
Plants
and animals
are adjusted to the tropical climate and specific qualities
of the tropical environment.
Especially
the tropical coral waters and the original tropical rainforests are
the places, where hundreds of
beautiful coloured and sometimes rare animals live.
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About the animals...
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In
the waters of the Philippines there are more than 2000 different kinds of
fish. Added
to that figure, the country counts about 200 different kinds of reptiles and 25000
different insects. The smallest monkey and the biggest fish in the world, they both live in the Philippines!
Spectacular is the colourful underwater-world. Every year many
tourists come to
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the
Philippines to one of the islands, where
scuba diving brings them to this amazing underwater-world.
The
Philippines can show you what a typical tropical country can offer in species of animals. Of
course, not
all animals are rare or specific for the Philippines. That
is for sure if you take the carabao, the cocks or the lizards.
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Mga Tokó, as the people in de Visayas call the small lizards, are
living in houses and other buildings in every tropical country. |
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Tokó (lizard) |
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