A Moment in Science Class
The process in trees (and other plants) which uses carbon dioxide and makes oxygen is called photosynthesis.
In photosynthesis, plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar (glucose) and oxygen.
The carbon dioxide is obtained from the atmosphere and the oxygen is released into the atmosphere. The process of [...]
Which is one of the most intelligent monkeys in the rain forest of Costa Rica? If you guessed the white face monkey you are correct.
White faced monkeys use tools. They beat snakes with sticks to protect themselves. They use hard surfaces such as trees to crack nuts for food. They can be seen probing sticks [...]
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If I could be a monkey, I would be a Howler Monkey and live in the rain forest of Costa Rica, and my name would be Curious George. I would pick a very tall tree and live in the top so I could eat the young tender leaves, and I would never go down to [...]
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Costa Rica’s humpback whales are performers and have been nicknamed “Songsters of the Sea”. That’s because they sing. It’s the male that sings when he is calling for a mate. Yes, these male humpback whales sing during mating season when they are in warm tropical water. They migrate here from the colder polar waters, [...]
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“Starbucks in New York City serves Costa Rican Coffee.”
Tourist traveling to Costa Rica have asked me, “What is the best gift I can bring to my relatives and friends back home?” And I tell them, “Costa Rican Coffee.”
The cup of coffee you drink in Costa Rica will be very fresh, recently harvested and roasted. [...]
Sloths live in the tropical rain forest of Costa Rica. If you really want to see sloths go to the Caribbean low land rain forest where hundreds of sloths make their home. They hang mysteriously, upside down, clinging to the tree limbs with their toes or claws. Enchanting creatures! But with strange habits. They sleep [...]
“Since 1989 not a single golden toad has been found anywhere in the world.”
A small, shiny bright orange colored toad, about two inches in diameter was once abundant in a 3.9 square mile radius (1o square km) in the high altitudes of the wet Monteverde Cloud Forests of Costa Rica, thus given the name the [...]
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Guanabana
Our small group of tourist were in the Central Valley of Costa Rica and wanted to have a unique cultural experience so our guide said, “Let’s go into Alajuela’s farmers market better know in Spanish as the “feria.” It was a wonderful sunny Saturday morning in July.
When we arrived we were amazed at the dozens [...]
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Pura Vida in Costa Rica
Take a bi-monthly peek into artist Jan Yatsko’s daily life in Costa Rica.
Humor, reflection and inspiration are woven into her experiences that revolve around her passion for art, nature, culture and food.
June 2009
“Creation is a huge beginning not a finished end.” John O’Donohue
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Costa Rica has some of the world’s happiest people. They live long lives with an average life expectancy is 78.5 years, and many live longer into their nineties. Costa Rica ranks second in the world in life expectancy. Canada is number one.
So, why is that? It seems that Costa Rica has a very positive ecological [...]
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