Frogtown
This entry was posted on 4/6/2007 12:03 PM and is filed under Costa Rica.
PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQÙI - We had our first Costa Rican rainforest experience! We just visited the Estaciòn Biological de la Selva in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqùi. Thats quite a mouthful, so Tom dubbed it ´Frogtown´. Why you might ask? Because it was chock full of little red and blue frogs! We were delighted. These guys were known as ´Bluejeans frogs´ because of their coloring. Tom wanted to lick one, but the guide wouldnt let him.
This was a truely wonderful place. We also spotted two sloths. Heres a picture... the sloth is a fuzzy grey ball. I would say that the picture doesnt do him justice, but thats pretty much what it looked like to us too. It was pretty neat though... they really dont move! It kindof makes you want to shake the tree.
We also saw leaf cutter ants, army ants, bullet ants, and ´bighead´ants, a turkey-like bird that makes booming noises, damsel flies, blue skinks, shiny golden scarabs, and lots of big toucans! We also heard and smelled a peccary, which is a stinky pig native to Central America, but couldnt see it. We had a marvelous time! |
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