Sloth ahoy!
As a former
intern from the Tortuguero project, I have a healthy love for wildlife, and did
not expect to see nearly as much in the city when I came across the country to
join the Quepos project.
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I was
already feeling quite pleased with myself, and impressed at my amazing new
ability to see all these animals from so near; when my best sighting as yet
occurred in the form of a sloth down on the ground for her weekly defecation. I
was walking along with a friend when all of a sudden we noticed a movement not
two feet from our own feet – the sloth blended in perfectly to the color of the
sand, so we hadn’t even noticed her! She crawled around for a while, just
scoping out the area and us (we tried to stand between her and the road).
As we
watched, she veeerryy sloowwlyy climbed up a nearby sign post, and momentarily
seemed perplexed as to where to go next. But then, performing some gymnastics
that I would have thought beyond the abilities of a such a slow animal, she
maneuvered around the back of the signpost and up onto a nearby branch with
astonishing ease. Back into the wild after an exciting encounter with some
camera-crazed humans!
So although
perhaps the wildlife feels a touch less natural here, being in the city, it is
nevertheless every bit as present as in Jalova, an exciting surrounding to the
day’s work.
Holly, Quepos Intern
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