Around the World from Z to A ... X Day!

Hello multi-age American students,

This is Bart - your bodacious Traveling Blogger. Thanks for sending me a picture of your class. I loved seeing all of your smiles and Ys. I am very camera-shy. I would much rather take pictures of animals and places and send those to you. I hope that is ok!

I didn’t hug a gorilla. I was a little afraid I’d get monkey fleas. It is sad what the poachers do to the Elephants. They steal their tusks and leave the rest of the animal to rot in the hot African sun. Sometimes babies stay with their moms even if they’ve been killed. The little baby elephants don’t know where to go.

This weekend I found the amazing and exotic see-through fish that my safari friend told me about. It is a rare and wonderful creature called an x-ray fish. It’s habitat is the Amazon River in South America. Here’s a map so you can see where I am in the world: Map Link

As you can see from my map, the Amazon River is humungous! It is the second longest river in the world and measures 4000 miles long. That would be like traveling from Atlanta to Orlando and back 5 times. The Amazon is filled with these x-tra special fish. Here’s a picture I took: Picture. I wonder how they got the name x-ray fish. What do you think?

Your Magic Porthole link was very neat. I recognize some of the fish from my travel through the Amazon River, like the boto. The Amazon River is one of the main habitats of the boto, also known as the Amazon River Dolphin. The boto can grow to lengths of up to 8.5 ft. The boto is the subject of a very famous legend in Brazil, about a dolphin that turns into a human. Here’s a really cool picture of the boto: Picture.

Tomorrow I am going to explore more of South America. I am so excited to write you from my next location.

Post a Blog from your classroom and I’ll sign on and read it as soon as I can!

Your Traveling Friend,

Bart