Stories: Bolivia

Stories connected to Bolivia.

• A towering Andean plant flowers once, then diesPuya raimondii sends up a large flowering stalk in the Andes. It reproduces once and dies soon afterward. Tha…
• A nocturnal fruit eater navigates with clicking soundsOilbirds forage for fruit at night and can supplement their vision with echolocation in poor light. Their sha…
• The maned wolf helps disperse a plant’s seedsThe South American maned wolf is omnivorous and regularly eats the tomato-like wolf apple. It can pass the se…
• The Andes’ green mounds are flowering plants, not mossYareta forms low, rounded green cushions in the high Andes. It may resemble a mound of moss, but it is a flow…
• Combat movements without an actual fightBolivia’s Tinku includes a ritual combat tradition and a festive dance inspired by it. Dancers use combat-lik…
• Its round fruit turns blue insideNative to Central and South America, the cannonball tree bears round fruit with woody shells, reaching about…
• Homes, cars and diplomas are given in tiny versionsAt Alasitas in La Paz, Bolivia, people buy miniatures of houses, cars, phones and even university diplomas. G…