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Traveling Exhibit

Rainforest

Gasteracantha spider
<I>Gasteracantha</I> spider
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Out on their webs during the day, these conspicuous and spiny spiders are presumably unpalatable to birds. This Thorn Spider is common and widespread-the same species is found in Africa although this subspecies is endemic to Madagascar.

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Contents:
1.Ranomafana National Park
2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve
 ·Pool with Pandanus
 ·Pandanus leaf skeleton
 ·Indri Lemur
 ·Indri Lemur call
 ·Indri Lemur
 ·Gasteracantha spider
 ·Tiger beetle
 ·Crossbar moth

3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park
4.Masoala
Peninsula

5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve
6.Former rainforest near Sambava
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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