
(ENG) Animals of Ecuador: why bio-diversity is important
In our last trip to Ecuador we had an inspiring time in Cuyabeno National Reserve, an area part of the broad Amazon basin at the border with Colombia. Here we visited the jungle, by boat and on foot. What is most impressive by these tours were the incredible variety and diversity of species. We learnt how ants and some trees cooperate in order to protect each other by other species. We also learnt about a fungus whose spores penetrates in the body of ants and other insects, t