[The American Museum of Natural History logo appears. Text appears on screen. The outline of the island Cuba appears on screen. Icons of flowers and lizards appear on the outline.]
NARRATOR: Did you know that half of all the plants and a third of all the vertebrates found in Cuba exist nowhere else in the world?
[Icons of flowers and lizards disappear from a map of the world. Cuba splashes down in the middle of the ocean. A magnifying glass appears on top of it.]
NARRATOR: Islands like Cuba are amazing places to see evolution in action.
[The magnifying glass and the outline of Cuba disappear.]
NARRATOR: In the past, it was home to giant sloths and flightless owls,
[The outline of a giant sloth and the outline of a large owl appear. Next to the giant sloth, a line is drawn and reads “200 pounds”. Next to the owl, a line reads “3.2 feet”.]
NARRATOR: and today it's where you'll find some of the world's tiniest frogs, and the smallest bird on the planet.
[The giant sloth and the owl disappear and are replaced by a hummingbird and a frog. Next to the hummingbird, a line reads “2.4 inches”. Next to the frog, a line reads “0.39 inches”.]
NARRATOR: Find out more in Cuba, a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.
[The poster for the ¡Cuba! Exhibition appears, and reads “American Museum of Natural History. Cuba. November 21, 2016 – August 13, 2017. Central Park West at 79th Street, New York City. AMNH.org”]
[The card is replaced by credits.
¡Cuba! was developed in collaboration with the Cuban National Museum of Natural History.
Major funding for Cuba has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund.
Significant support for ¡Cuba! has been provided by the Ford Foundation.
Generous support for ¡Cuba! has been provided by the Dalio Ocean Initiative.
Proudly supported by JetBlue.
Design/Motion AMNH / L. Stevens
Images / Graphics
AMNH / L. Stevens AMNH / D. Finnin
Music “Dance-Hall Cuba,” by Alessandro Rizzo (PRS) & Elliot Ireland (PRS)/Warner Chappell Production Music.
Islands like Cuba are like natural experiments, where evolution becomes more dramatic.
Its complex politics and vibrant music have attracted the attention of the world. But Cuba, the largest island nation in the Caribbean, is also home to the unexpected. It’s a place of stunning contrasts: mysterious caves and bright boulevards, sweltering fields and cool forests, hard challenges and high energy. Learn more in the exhibition ¡Cuba!, open now through August 13, 2017.