Reed Boats & the Giant Wrinkly Frog 🐸

What happens

On Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes of Bolivia, boats made of reeds have curly puma-head bows. Under one floats a frog with skin like a baggy sweater, Andean gulls wheel overhead, the reed boat drifts off with the ball on its bow, and llamas on the island path hum the count to 500.

Fun facts

• Lake Titicaca is one of the highest lakes in the world that big boats sail on.
• The Titicaca water frog breathes through its baggy, wrinkly skin.
• People here build boats and even islands out of totora reeds.

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