I have been involved with a crocodile monitoring project
encompassing the entire Osa peninsula in southwestern
Costa Rica since 2005, when I traveled to Puerto Jimenez
with Matt Harris and Steve Conners and visited Mike Boston,
president of Osaventura. To date, several monitoring
trips are beginning to help with the understanding of
the American crocodile's (Crocodylus
acutus) natural
history throughout the area. Along with the crocodile
work, one learns to appreciate not only the beauty of
Costa Rica, but the diverse array of wildlife and the
wonderful people, known locally as Ticos. I have seen
eyelash vipers (Bothreichis schlegeli) while hiking rain
forests, pods of dolphins while crossing Golfo Dulce,
active volcanos in northern Costa Rica and the dimunitive
Poison dart frogs in Carate. This work will soon be published,
once the data we have collected is analyzed.
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