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Tarsiers & the Chocolate Hills on Bohol Island. The beautiful island of Bohol, in the southern Philippines, is home to the tiny tarsier and famous for a striking natural feature - the Chocolate Hills.
- What animals can you see in Chocolate Hills?
- What are the animals in Bohol?
- What is Chocolate Hills famous for?
- What makes the Chocolate Hills unique?
- Do tarsiers live in the Chocolate Hills?
- What is tarsier in Tagalog?
- What animals live in Loboc River?
- What is flora and fauna in the Philippines?
- Is Chocolate Hills man made?
- What is inside Chocolate Hills?
- How many islands does the Philippines have?
- Can you climb the Chocolate Hills?
What animals can you see in Chocolate Hills?
People visit Bohol mainly to see the Chocolate Hills, but there are a few more attractions; a must-see is the endangered tarsier, the world's smallest monkey.
What are the animals in Bohol?
Common mammals include the wild hog, deer, wild carabao, monkey, civet cat, and various rodents. There are about 196 breeding species of birds, among the more numerous being the megapodes (turkey-like wildfowl), button quail, jungle fowl, peacock pheasant, dove, pigeon, parrot, and hornbill.
What is Chocolate Hills famous for?
They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name. The Chocolate Hills is a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. They are featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions in the province.
What makes the Chocolate Hills unique?
What's unique with these limestone chocolate hills is that they are only covered in grass and the cone shape is more or less common to all although differing in size. The hills look chocolaty only during dry season when the grass withers and turns into brown and looks like giant chocolate kisses.
Do tarsiers live in the Chocolate Hills?
The beautiful island of Bohol, in the southern Philippines, is home to the tiny tarsier and famous for a striking natural feature - the Chocolate Hills.
What is tarsier in Tagalog?
The Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta), known locally as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, magô in Winaray and mamag in Tagalog, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines.
What animals live in Loboc River?
Catch sight of more than 100 types of animals featuring lions, green iguana, Philippine deer, ostriches, crocodiles, snakes, parrots, peacocks, and even the endangered tarsiers at Loboc Wildlife & Nature Park.
What is flora and fauna in the Philippines?
The diverse flora includes 8,000 species of flowering plants, 1,000 kinds of ferns, and 800 species of orchids. Common mammals include the wild hog, deer, wild carabao, monkey, civet cat, and various rodents.
Is Chocolate Hills man made?
Geologists believe that the hills were formed through weathering carving marine limestone on top of a clay layer. Its color is the main reason it's called Bohol Chocolate Hills. In the rainy season, the grass blanketing the hills in the Philippines gives them a soft and lush appearance.
What is inside Chocolate Hills?
The Chocolate Hills are composed of limestone which was subsequently covered with topsoil and grass. A karst feature, the topographic shaped is produced when layers of soluble bedrock are slowly eroded via a process of dissolution.
How many islands does the Philippines have?
Located in the Pacific Ocean near the equator, the Republic of the Philippines consists of around 7,640 islands — about 2,000 of which are inhabited — that form an archipelago.
Can you climb the Chocolate Hills?
It's not possible to climb these hills (they were declared a protected natural landmark in 1997) so you'll have to be content with a mesmerizing 360° view from a public observation deck — not much of a sacrifice, if you ask us.
