Forests have layers, called the undergrowth, middle layer and canopy. Even with the semi-arid environment of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao the mondi also has layers, only not as impressive and pronounced.
Anyone who walks in the mondi of Jan Thiel on Curaçao during the dry season, and other locations as well, can regularly come across a strange phenomenon; trees, grasses and shrubs that are completely covered with the white Kokolishi di kalakuna (Cerion uva).
Forests worldwide have more than just the function of a habitat (place to live) for plants and animals. The large numbers of trees and other plants in forests together provide a large part of the oxygen that humans and other animals so desperately need to survive.
When the Lionfish was first discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida (around 1990), many people, including scientists, had no idea how quickly the species would spread and what an impact it would have in the Caribbean.
Of course, you can also find shells of bivalves such as oysters on the beaches in the ABC-islands. And one of the families you can encounter is the genus of the Spiny Oysters.