Swan Island - Did You Know . . .

Meet The Animals in Legend of the Swan Children!

DID YOU KNOW . . .

. . . Black-necked Swans live only

in South America, from

southern Brazil to Argentina?

. . . the Scarlet Ibis is native to tropical South America, is the national bird of Trinidad and

Tobago, and gets its brilliant colour from the red crab it eats? Read more about the Scarlet Ibis in Joanne Gail Johnson's Ibis Stew? Oh No!

. . . the Agouti is a rabbit-sized rodent with short ears and clawed feet, native to Central and South America?

Guyanese Saying: If you eat labba and drink creek water, you will always want to return.

. . . the mongoose was brought from India to the Caribbean to rid cane fields of rodents, but became instead a renowned killer of poisonous snakes?

Although they are considered a threat to the survival of various local species, in their native environments mongooses are actually threatened themselves.