What are some Animals of Martinique?
The majority of species present at the time of colonization have now disappeared from the islands, including manatees (sea cows), agoutis bothrops lanceolatus (a venomous snake, still present on Martinique and Guadeloupe). Endemic birds can be spotted from time to time, among them hummingbirds and other trochilidae, as well as blackbirds. Another category of insects you’re bound to come across are the eternal cockroaches: harmless though rather disgusting. These black bugs would be the only survivors of an eventual nuclear holocaust, and have existed since well before the age of dinosaurs, 350 million years back, resisting cataclysms, floods and various epidemics and destruction. You are sure to spot them scattering for shelter every time you turn on the lights in your room or bathroom. You are also bound to enjoy the nightly concerts given by crickets and “cabrit-bois” (a kind of huge grasshopper, making a sound similar to that of a goat), accompanied by the croaking of frogs. Humming
