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Carlsbad Caverns
The park's most famous cave, Carlsbad Cavern, is over 1,000 feet deep and currently contains 30 miles of mapped passages. The Big Room of Carlsbad Cavern is the largest underground chamber in the United States. View formations of stalagmites, stalactites, and columns in this video. You will also see the evening flight of Mexican free-tailed bats from the entrance of the Cavern.
The Cicada
That humming, buzzing chorus of insects heard on summer nights is usually due to cicadas -- small, stout-bodied, large-headed insects with sucking mouth parts. Take a look at one up close and listen for yourself to their singing.
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The
Saguaro
Saguaros often begin life in the shelter of a "nurse" tree or shrub
which provides a shaded, moister habitat. The largest plants are estimated to
be 200 years old and can reach heights of 15 to 50 feet.
Desert
Food Chain
A food chain constitutes a complex network of organisms, from plants to animals,
through which energy, derived from the sun, flows in the form of organic matter
and dissipates in the form of waste heat
Prickly
Pear Cactus
Prickly pear cactus are found in all of the deserts of the American Southwest.
Most prickly pears have large spines, actually modified leaves, on their stems
and vary in height from less than a foot to 6 or 7 feet.
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Take a look at our Animals index page to find information about all kinds of birds, snakes, mammals, spiders and more!
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