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by Sara Churchville heroic currency The most bandied-about currency on the island is in coin form. The 25-cent and the 20-dollar coin feature identical busts of national hero marcus arcus Garvey, and the other coins pay homage to homeland greats Alexander bustamante, Norman manley, George William Gordon and paul bogle. Jamaica’s paper currency also bears images of the nation’s revered personalities.
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Jamaica’s $20 note
The swallow-tailed butterfly is nocturnal.
Swallow-Tailed BuTTerfly The world’s largest swallow-tailed butterfly, the Papilio Homerus, is found only on Jamaica, where it’s called, as are all butterflies and moths, a bat. The black-and-yellow butterfly has a wingspan of 6 inches, making it the largest butterfly in the Americas. It’s also larger than the 3-inch winged Jamaican fruit bat, a rat-bat as the nocturnal creatures are called. The endangered Homerus
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is commemorated on Jamaica’s $1,000 note.
lush tropical ferns are long-lived.
Tropical fernS The tiny Jamaican Tody
Jamaican Tody
Ferns aren’t exactly rare in tropical climes, but ocho rios, with its nearby rainforest, has more than the usual amount. In fact, from the ocho rios beaches to about 4 miles
This red-throated, upwardly staring Jamaican bird is said to have
inland up the mountains is a deep ravine with some 500
gotten its color from a drop of blood from the Crucifixion. Unusual
species of ferns. The area is called, with unceremonious
among birds, it makes its nest underground. It appears topside
accuracy, Fern Gully.
often enough, however, to be a common sight for birders. 248
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