The chachalaca
Ortalis vetula of Guatemala, is a cute, friendly, raucous wild bird of the Mayan rain forests, and is a potential comic book cartoon character for MayanToons Our experience with Chachalacas, Ortalis vetula, a remarkable bird of Guatemala The best known chachalaca of the
Keel-billed Toucan
Keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus is a logo-like symbol of the Neotropical seasonal rain forests of Mesoamerica and adjacent areas (and hence a common corporate logo) When it came time to decide which animal we would use as a logo, I pretty
Boat-Billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, is a rare wading bird featured by late Olmec and pre-Mayan artists for Tuxtla Statuette Discovery of a boat-billed heron, in the Canal de Chiquimulilla, near Monterrico Recently I had my first encounter with an unknown bird on
Toad, Bufo Marinus
Bufo marinus, marine toad, is a giant toad pictured in Mayan stone sculpture art of Quirigua, Kaminaljuyu, and Izapa found easily in Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, and Honduras (and USA) Bufo marinus is frequently pictured in Mayan art On our Maya archaeology web
Mayan Uo Frog
Mayan uo frog or toad, Mexican burrowing toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis Water-related Mayan comic book Characters My 1985 PhD dissertation was on water-related Mayan animals, deities, and cosmology. Eight years research on Mayan underwater-world iconography went into preparation of this dissertation and the
Animals of the Mayan world want to be featured in books…
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Glossary for event classifications
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Contest is people (or animals actually) competing against each other. There is either a judge or an obvious goal (and the first person to reach the goal is the winner). Contest can be physical (running speed, swimming speed) or intellectual
So the mayan kids discuss all the options…
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