'Quetzal's World' at Miami Metrozoo

The Amazon and Beyond exhibit at the Miami Metrozoo now offers a 20-minute interactive show called Quetzal's World, with an original script and costumed storyteller who plays the role of Quetzal, a sacred bird to the Aztecs and Mayans. The bird transports the audience to a 'magical time and place' through stories and songs where an ecological mystery has occurred. By helping to solve the mystery, the audience learns about tropical American ecology and how animals adapt. Quetzal's World is performed twice daily, at 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. weekdays and at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. weekends and holidays at Amazon and Beyond's main stage.

Miami Metrozoo is at 12400 SW 152nd St. www.miamimetrozoo.com or 305-251-0400. Admission: $15.95, $11.95 for children ages 3-12. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (ticket booths close at 4 p.m.) For information: www.miamimetrozoo.com or 305-251-0400.

-- ALENA LOWENTHAL