Monkey mishap

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This morning one tamarin was darted at the Gamboa Eco-resort. It was a young female. Unfortunately, the dart factured her leg. I guess this happens frequently but the majority of the animals return to the forest and heal over time. So she will be released later once we find the tamarins again. The tamarins live in a small forest patch between the Gamboa canal zone houses and the Gamboa resort. Many local families-who work for STRI- fed them bananas in the morning. This makes it easy to track them and low enough for Bob to dart them. Today, the Authoridad Canal Panama, is cutting down large trees and limbs in the neighborhood. We have spotted tamarins in several of the same trees they are cutting. I asked the jefe today why they are cutting them. It is to control termites and remove dangerous limbs hanging above houses. It makes since because the majority of the canal zone houses are made out of wood.

I have taken lots of pictures but will need to download them at home.

Take care!

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Photos

Clementina and family
Clementina with her kids and grandkids

Eco-Geek
Jonas was filming Bob darting monkeys. He works on the Wild Classroom website and is an Eco-Geek