Thailand's
treasures include not
only scrumptious food and remarkable culture, there
is a lot of very unique wildlife.
Our favorite jungle wildlife tour is to Khao
Sok National Park. The amount
of wildlife there is astounding!
Our favorite 'below water'
destination is Tarutao
National Park. The 51 islands
in this park offer some of the best snorkeling in the
world! Along with this, the above water scenery
is old-growth jungle.
We have photos of most
of what we've seen. We don't just list what is 'supposed'
to be here. Wild claims like seeing tigers in Khao Sok
don't ever seem to be supported by photos...hmm.
Click
here to see somemore Khao
Sok photos taken by a former guest
Thailand’s
Very Interesting Numbers
Of
the 282 species of mammals
in Thailand, 92 are bats.Bats make up approximately 30% of all the
mammal species on the earth.
90%
of all the animals in Thailand are insects.
Thailand
hosts 30 species of sea
snakes.
There
are 4 species of sea
turtles here.Interestingly, a turtle’s sex is determined
by the temperature in the nest.Warmer nests produce females, whereas cooler
or deeper ones produce males.
There
are over 1,300 varieties of orchids.
There
are at least 1,900 species of fish
in the waters around Thailand (likely to be 30 to
40% higher)
Thailand
has 1,200 species of butterflies
There
are approximately 200 species of hawk
mothsin Thailand.
There
are at least 405 species of reptiles
and amphibians
10,000
species of beetles
has been recorded in one national park alone.
Over
200 species of trees
can exist in a 100 square meter section of rainforest.
Did
you know that there are at least 400 species of coral
fish?
Thailand
has 250 species of hard
corals
At
least 204 species of
birds that have been recorded in Thailand’s mangrove
forests!
There
have been more than 925 species of birds
recorded in Thailand.
54
species of
crabs have been recorded in the mangrove forests
of Thailand.
Less
than 1,500 square kilometers (600 square miles)
of mangrove forest still exist on the coastlines of Thailand.Of that, only 3% is in “protected” areas.
A
research project on the plants of Thailand has produced
of 25,000 species of vascular
plants (plants that have transport systems for
saps and fluids).Approximately 12,000 species are flowering
plants.
Over
300 species of ficus(fig) exist in Thailand.They all bear fruit at different times.They are a major source of food for many
animal species. Incidentally, there are over 700
species worldwide and 500 of those exist in Asia
and Astral-Asia.Even the botanists have a difficult time
telling some species apart.
Thailand
boasts 13 primates,
3 apes
(all gibbons), 9 monkeys (langurs
and macaques) and the very cute little Slow Loris.
Thailand's
treasures include not
only scrumptious food and remarkable culture, there
is a lot of very unique wildlife.
Our favorite jungle wildlife tour is to 
