thats only half my pictures
ill post more soon.
as far as ants in the forest went, there were three main types; Leaf cutter ants (the ones pictures carrying leaves aboves.. tons of them), Bullet ants (1-1.5 inches big, their sting hurts as much as getting shot by a bullet they say) and army ants (form huge lines and just swarm.. do not step in these lines). I saw all ants daily and generally tried my best not to come into contact with the armys or bullets.
Fer de lance was the most poisonous and aggressive snake of the area, and i ended up seeing it way more than any of the non poisonous snakes. But I kept my distance and was fine each time. We took a 3 day vacation to tortuguero national park where the sea turtles lay eggs, and thats where some of the scenery shots are from above.
Life at the field station:
- set your alarm to 6 am only to be woken up at 4 am by howler monkeys who decide to sleep above your cabin, they are loud and you will absolutely not sleep through their howling when its above you every morning.
- rice and beans, breakfast, lunch, dinner.
- bats and geckos, they love to poop on your bed while you sleep
- scorpions and tarantulas... yeah, dont forget to shake your boots before putting them on
- 20 mosquito bites a day
- no hot showers
- rain so hard you cant hear the person next to you and it wont stop for 2 days
- 100 degree afternoons with 90 percent humidity and heat index of 110 ( you smell like a swamp after 7 hours in the field daily)
was a great learning experience, gonna have to go back next summer to do more research
Will post more pics in a bit.
