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WANANO The Wanano (also called Guanano or Uanano) are an indigeneous (native) rainforest people who live in the middle rainforest Blackwater Uaupes (Vaupés) River Basin of Brazil and Colombia; they are part of the Tukanoan family of indigeneous peoples of the northwest Amazon rainforest. The language the Wanano speak is also called Uanano or Guanano.

WARM BLOODED Warm blooded (or endothermic) animals generate their own body heat to maintain their body temperature. Birds and mammals are endothermic.

WATER CYCLE The Water Cycle (also known as the hydrologic cycle) is the journey water takes as it circulates from the Earth's surface to the sky and back again.

WHITE-TAILED DEER The White-Tailed Deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.

WOOD NYMPH BUTTERFLY The wood nymph butterfly, also called the rice paper butterfly, paper kite butterfly, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95 to 110 cm across. The chrysalis is yellow with black markings. It is from Southeast Asia. Classification: superfamily Papilionigiae, family Nymphalidae, subfamily Danainae, Genus Idea, Species I. Leuconoe.

WOOLLYBEAR A woollybear is the hairy caterpillar of any of the tiger moths (family Arctiidae).

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