Nditazindikira kuti El Yunque adakambidwa monga "Zisanu ndi Zisanu Zosangalatsa za Chilengedwe", ndinakondwera ndikudzikuza. Ndikukonda rainforest, ndipo ili ndi malo apadera m'mitima ya Puerto Rico aliyense. Kenaka ndinayamba kulingalira za njira zina zomwe chilengedwe chinathandizira kupanga ndi kupanga Puerto Rico malo okongola komanso osiyana, ndipo ndinabwera ndi mndandanda wa zodabwitsa 7 zachilengedwe. Ndipo izi siziphatikizapo mabombe!
La Coca Falls ku El Yunque. Steve Bly / Getty Images El Yunque ndi masamba obiriwira, obiriwira a greenery - ndi a New Wonders 7 World's candidate, omwe ndi chifukwa chimodzi chomwe chimalembera mndandandawu. El Yunque amatanthawuza "The Anvil," ndipo amatchulidwa kuti chigwa chachikulu chomwe chikufanana ndi chikumbutso cha mulungu wina wakale. Zomwe zili choncho, nthanoyi imapita. Koma chomwe chimapangitsa kukhala chuma chodabwitsa, mvula yamkuntho imakhala ndi mitundu 150 ya mtundu wa fern ndi mitundu 240 ya mtengo wapadera. Alibe nyama zazikulu, koma frog yamitundu yoimba komanso yobiriwira, malo ochepa a Puerto Rican, ndi mapiri a pygmy ndi ena mwa zolengedwa zomwe zimatcha nyumba. Mukapeza kuti muli pansi pamapiri, kumvetsera mbalame ndi madzi othamanga, mumvetsetsa chifukwa chake ndi chikoka chachilengedwe cha Puerto Rico.
Ndakhala ndikulemba zambiri za biobays ya Puerto Rico, yomwe inalembedwa kwambiri ku Vieques . Pali zamoyo zisanu ndi chimodzi kapena zisanu ndi ziwiri zokha padziko lapansi, ndipo zitatu mwazo ziri ku Puerto Rico. Biobay amatchulidwa kuti phosphorescence, yomwe imayambitsidwa ndi tizilombo tating'onoting'ono tomwe timatchedwa dinoflagellates, zomwe zimapereka kuwala pokhapokha atagwedezeka. Pamene ndondomekoyi imakhala yamphamvu, monga momwe ziliri ku Vieques 'Madzi a Madzi, zotsatira zake ndi zamatsenga zamatsenga zomwe zimachotsa mpweya wanu.
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Camuy Caves
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Camuy Caves ndi imodzi mwa mapanga aakulu kwambiri padziko lapansi, ndipo apangidwa ndi mtsinje wachitatu ndi waukulu padziko lonse lapansi. Ulendo wopita ku malo osungirako zida za m'mphepete mwa nyanja, wojambulapo, wowongoka ndi wopangidwa kuchokera ku miyala ya miyala ya karst ndi ulendo wopita kumalo ena, omwe akhala akuchitika zaka zambirimbiri. Mapangawo amaunikiridwa bwino ndipo ndi zosavuta kuyenda, ndipo ulendo wanu womwe ukutsogolerani udzakuphunzitsani zonse za iwo. Inde, alendo ovuta kwambiri amayesa kuyesa, kuti awone mapangawa ali pafupi.
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Chilumba cha Palomonitos
Palomonitos ndi chilumba chaching'ono kuchokera ku gombe la kum'mawa kwa Puerto Rico. Chikanakhala chilumba china chaching'ono komanso chokongola - chimodzi mwazinthu zambiri m'magulu a makiyi - sizinali zochitika zachilengedwe zina zotchedwa Hurricane George, zomwe zinabwera mu 1998 ndipo zinathetsa chimodzimodzi cha chilumbacho. Chotsatira? Chilumba chachilendo chodabwitsa kwambiri, chokhala ndi mitengo yambiri pa hafu ndi phokoso lalitali. Ndadabwa kuti Palomonitos ndi yotchuka kwambiri ndi oyendetsa ngalawa, omwe amabwera kuno kumalo akutali a kumwamba.
Ku Puerto Rico ndikumalowetsa malo okondedwa kwambiri, ndipo malo ake otchuka othamanga ndi Wall. Kuchokera kumpoto chakumadzulo, pafupi ndi La Parguera, Wall Parguera imayenda makilomita 22 ndipo imakhala ndi zozizwitsa zodabwitsa komanso zooneka bwino kuchokera pamapiri 60 mpaka 150. Zamoyo zosiyanasiyana zam'madzi zomwe zimapezeka pano ndi zodabwitsa, kuphatikizapo octopi, sharks, mazira ndi nsomba zambiri. La Parguera imakhalanso kunyumba ya nkhalango yosawerengeka ya ma coral wakuda. Pansi pa madzi, ndi malo osangalatsa kwambiri a ku Puerto Rico.
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Dera la Dánica Dry
Melocactus ku nkhalango youma ya Guanica. Oliver Gerhard / Getty Images Osadziwika kwambiri kuposa El Yunque, Guánica Dry Forest ndiponse chuma chachilengedwe chokha. Malo osungirako zachilengedwe otentha kwambiri, ndi malo a United Nations Biosphere Reserve. M'madera ake 10,000 a malo ouma pali mitundu yoposa 600 yosamvetsetseka ya zinyama ndi zinyama, komanso mitundu 48 yowonongeka, 16 yomwe ili yapadera ku Puerto Rico. Oyenda maulendo omwe amapita ku Guánica amapeza zosiyana kwambiri ndi EL Yunque, koma ndizopadera kwambiri. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa nkhalango zouma bwino kwambiri ku Caribbean.
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Mtengo wa Mtengo wa Coquí
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Ndasunga zodula kwambiri kuti zithe. Nkhumbayi ndi yovuta kwambiri yachikopa ku Puerto Rico ndi zilumba za Virgin, ndi mascot osadziwika pachilumbachi. Mudzapeza fano lake paliponse, ndipo mudzamva nyimbo yake nthawi iliyonse yomwe muyandikira zachilengedwe. Ndipo ali ndi liwu lotani! Frog imapanga mayina omveka bwino, otchuka omwe amawoneka ngati ... bwino, "coquí." Ndikumveka kokoma, ndipo ndi matsenga a Puerto Rico.