Watch out!
Tomato Frog Dyscophus guineti This secretive frog actually blends in with the bright leaves lying on the forest floor.
gabby in the middle of a frog aquarium
coqui frog. puerto rico
Terrible Dart Frog Phyllobates terriblillis Columbia
Blue Dart Frog These frogs live in damp, wooded areas of seven small sites in southern Surinam
Blue Dart Frog These frogs live in damp, wooded areas of seven small sites in southern Surinam. Three-lined dart frog epidedobates trivittatus Often found along the banks of flowing streams in the hills of Eastern Suriname.
gabby just found her favorite frog!
gabby's favorite frog.
Eastern Barking Frogs.
Red-eyed Tree Frog These Costa Rican males may appear to be hugging, however they are actually wrestling to compete for a nearby female's attention. The winner may spend the next several days in the amplexus position with the female, waiting for her to lay her eggs. His reward will be bringing his genes into the next generation.
fleas can jump up to 220 times their size (14“). that's like a 6' human jumping 1320'! some pumas can jump 40', and kangaroos 43'...
jump gabby!
listening to frog calls.
gabby loves pretty rocks!
right to left: primitive man using minerals (as long as 2 million y.a.) to modern times (on left).
nothing smells bad- she just found something COOL!
LOOK AT THIS BUBBLING ROCK!
and this one!
...for some reason i think the bubbly ones are freaking cool.
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some gems adorning an elephant
carved flamingo
carved female figures
more carvings
minerals of utah.
a GEIGER COUNTER!
What does a Geiger Counter Count?
as gabby moved the metal part over the different types of material, we heard a loud crackling noise! different materials made patterns/intensity of crackling! the uranium will slowly release for 4.5 billion years- using radioactive decay dating we can date the world's oldest rocks and see just how old the earth is!
gabby loved the geiger counter
here she's using 3D glasses to see and “feel” our local mountain ranges
dinosaurs!
“VOLCANIC UTAH”!
did'ja know?
These Utah lava specimens collected circa 1030s-40s
our own: Falcarius utahensis! most likely a one more feathered dinosaurs (some dinosaurs later evolved into birds). more on this Therizinosaur: http://tinyurl.com/c798mk
studying Falcarius utahensis' fossils
sculpture of Falcarius utahensis
Falcarius utahensis
Falcarius utahensis' skeleton
The Age of Fishes. (on left is shown the evolution of the first jaws in fish- from Ostracoderms to Placoderms).
Eryops (explanation next)
phylogenetic tree (family tree) of amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, and mammals
Dimetrodon was NOT a dinosaur. he was more related to you and i, than to T-Rex (explanation to follow).
the ancestor of all modern-day mammals: Multituberculates
all of these mammals descended from the small mammal previously shown.
...as with these mammals.
geologic ages listed on right
The Cenozoic Era: Mammalian domination.
gabby trying to piece together dinosaur bones
early mammals
scene from the museum. the fossil in the center is not a trycerotyops, it's an ancestor of the rhinoceros.
evolution of the horse
This 10“ tall creature is the ancestor of modern day horses! (sculpture represents actual size) : Hyracotherium Sp. 50 million years old Eocene Epoch Also known as Eohippus ("the dawn horse"), Hyracotherium was one of the earliest and most primitive members of the Order Perissodactyla, which includes the modern horse, tapir, and rhinoceros. Hyracotherium was a forest-dweller and fed on the soft leaves of the low-growing shrubs of the early Eocene.
this modern day horse's jaw is about the same size as the original Hyracotherium!
evolution from toed feet to hooved feet.
Giant Ground Sloth (cousin of modern day sloth)
info on Giant Ground Sloth
Saber-Tooth Cat
Mammoth
Native American Hut
Millipede. I saw one of these dead in the street in Tocantins, Brazil. the one i saw was about 9“ long.
Vinegaroon. an arachnid.
dino footprint
paleontoligist's lab
outside of the museum gabby wanted to chase birds.
then we went to the Pie Pizzaria for the best pizza around
that mug o' rootbeer gabby asked for cost over 3 dollars! (no refills).
someone forgot to wipe her face! Pizza was delicious, though. fun day!
