THE UPS AND DOWNS OF ECUADOR
Agoutis and ant-eating armadillos,
Anis and toucans and bronze parrots
Are just a few exotic dwellers
Found in Ecuador’s cloud forests.
And if you ascend to the Andean highlands
Cara cara and condors will soar overhead,
Andean deer will graze in the grasslands,
Alpine hare will lurk in the shade.
Unique parama plants abound
Giant rosettes and grasses above all.
Downy and lidded leaves are found
Protected from the wind’s assault.
And all are steadily upward moving
As earth’s climate continues warming.
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