Adaption Blog

Adaptions

Since I didn't have any animals to show and explain their adaption, I focused on more on plants. Here are the three organism that I discovered:

The organism above is a flower that resembles or is similar to the Plumeria, however it isn't one. The flower is grown in our little garden which lives near the streets. With the rich soil growing in our little garden, the flower is able to growing naturally and beautifully. Most of the time several people visit our house to check on the flowers or little birds rests in the bushes for a while.

One of the island's favorite plant, the hot pepper, also grows in our garden. Because of the rich soil in our garden, we were able to grow a lot of hot pepper. Once the hot pepper turns ripe, we picked them out and use it to make spicy sauces, such as the finadeni'. There are also some moment where we spot some garden pest, especially ants, crawling in the plant.

 The papaya tree is one of the most visited by many organisms in our garden. Just like the flower and the hot pepper plant, the rich soil produces the papaya's sweet, soft, tasty flavor that I really love. There are rare moments when I discover the Marianas Crow pecking on the ripe papayas. Even ants crawl on the papayas to taste our sweet papaya. 

Site Description 
(Cleo Cuizon)                            Pinatang Park

       Pinatang Park is located in SongSong village on you way to the highway here in Rota. It used a water park, but unfortunately, is has been abandoned. However, several people still visit here to swim or just to relax. Though this place may not look as neat is it used to be, but is good place to hang out friends and swim and relax under the cold refreshing water and white sand. What makes it site different is that the park is mostly made out of rocks and corals.

           One reason why I love to be here is because of their mini-beach which is located at the way back of the site. The entrance to the beach is surrounded by rocks but has cemented stairs so you'll be able to go down to the the beach and sit at the sand. My favorite part is the jump-off that is made by rocks. The pathway to the jump-off is actually on the other side but it's not that far. According the pictures, you can see that plants are actually growing in the rocks, which makes so unique. The picture at the right shows where me and my friends usually use to jump in the water. Getting down to the edge might be painful due to the pointy rock but it's actually worth the try. And if you're lucky enough to spot one, you'll see tiny fishes swimming with you in the water. 

(Here's a view of the Wedding Cake Mountain when you're at the pathway of the jump-off.)