Trogloxenes The word TROGLO means hole.Trogloxenes are animals who sometimes choose caves as their homes. Troglobites Troglobites are animals who only live in caves. They can’t survive anyplace else. Troglophiles Troglophiles are animals who like to live in caves but also live elsewhere. Blind shrimp Copepod Blind crayfish Blind Texas Salamander Blind millipede Blind flatworm Camel backed cave cricket Blind cave beetle Raccoon Packrat Little Brown Bat Adult cave salamander Harvestman (“Daddy longlegs”) O n the way back to camp, Jenny and Carlos are caught in a bad storm. They take shelter under a rock, at the entrance to a cave. When they crawl into the dark cave, they get lost. A talking bat promises to lead them out of the cave. T he bat helps Jenny and Carlos find a flashlight. They can see strangely shaped rocks and crystals all around them. A white fish with no eyes swims in an underground stream. Jenny and Carlos meet more cave animals. White crickets and beetles live on piles of bat droppings. They can’t see in the dark. Instead, they use long feelers to find their way. Dripping water and rock take thousands of years to form cave sculptures. Sometimes people break the formations and they are gone forever. P eople have used caves for centuries. In one cavern, Jenny and Carlos are impressed by paintings drawn by early Americans thousands of years ago. After they see the cave art, the bat leads the children out of the cave and they go back to camp. Sea caves are formed by waves crashing on rocky coastlines. Ice caves are formed by water flowing under- neath glaciers of ice. Light passing through the ice makes the caves blue. Damage to Cave Environments When we visit caves, we must do no harm.Trash can kill cave wildlife. Graffiti makes the walls ugly and lasts forever. Cave features take thousands of years to grow. A broken stalactite or gypsum flower can’t be put back together. Future visitors will want to see unspoiled caves as much as we do! DANGER! Cave explorers always go in groups, never alone. If an accident does happen, cavers can help each other or send for rescuers. Joining a caving club is a good way to learn safe caving skills. Lava caves are tubes that form when molten rock flows away from volcanoes. Cool air causes the rock to harden on the outside, and when all the lava has drained out, the tube becomes a cave. Limestone caves Lava caves Gypsum caves Other kinds of caves
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TrogloxenesThe word TROGLO means hole. Trogloxenes are animalswho sometimes choose caves as their homes.
TroglobitesTroglobites are animals who only live incaves. They can’t survive anyplace else.
TroglophilesTroglophiles are animals who like to live in caves but also live elsewhere.
Blind shrimp
Copepod
Blind crayfish
Blind Texas Salamander
Blind millipedeBlind flatworm
Camel backed cave cricket
Blind cave beetle
Raccoon
Packrat
Little Brown Bat
Adult cave salamander
Harvestman(“Daddy longlegs”)
On the way back to camp, Jennyand Carlos are caught in a badstorm. They take shelter under a rock, at the entrance to a cave.When they crawl into the darkcave, they get lost. A talking batpromises to lead them out of the cave.
The bat helps Jenny and Carlosfind a flashlight. They can seestrangely shaped rocks and crystals all around them. A whitefish with no eyes swims in anunderground stream.
Jenny and Carlos meet more caveanimals. White crickets and beetleslive on piles of bat droppings. Theycan’t see in the dark. Instead, theyuse long feelers to find their way.
Dripping water and rock takethousands of years to form cavesculptures. Sometimes peoplebreak the formations and they are gone forever.
People have used caves for centuries.In one cavern, Jenny and Carlos areimpressed by paintings drawn byearly Americans thousands of yearsago. After they see the cave art, thebat leads the children out of the caveand they go back to camp.
Sea caves areformed by wavescrashing onrocky coastlines.
Ice caves are formedby water flowing under-neath glaciers of ice.Light passing throughthe ice makes thecaves blue.
Damage to Cave EnvironmentsWhen we visit caves, we must do no harm. Trash can kill cavewildlife. Graffiti makes the walls ugly and lasts forever. Cavefeatures take thousands of years to grow. A broken stalactiteor gypsum flower can’t be put back together. Future visitorswill want to see unspoiled caves as much as we do!
DANGER!Cave explorers always go in groups, never alone.If an accident does happen, cavers can help eachother or send for rescuers. Joining a caving clubis a good way to learn safe caving skills.
Lava caves are tubes that form whenmolten rock flows away from volcanoes.Cool air causes the rock to harden on theoutside, and when all the lava has drainedout, the tube becomes a cave.
Limestone cavesLava cavesGypsum cavesOther kinds of caves
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