Explore Cuba's prehistoric cave ecosystem in this audio guide. A giant owl once ruled the island as top predator, and scientists reconstructed an extinct monkey's skull using 3D printing to show what it actually looked like.
Are you brave enough to visit a cave? If you explore this section of the exhibit, you'll be able to see the animals that used to live deep in Cuba's past. Check out the talons on the giant owl. This was the main top predator in Cuba for thousands of years. Don't miss the incredible skulls we have of an extinct Cuban monkey. The skull, when it was found, was missing the face and half of the jaw. We recreated the face based on skulls that we have from other species, and we did a scan of the jaw and a 3D print to complete the beautiful face you see over there. Come and see this amazing Cuban cave at the Discovery Place Science.
