Costa Rica: INBio

Hi, my name is Robyn. I was part of the middle school Costa Rica trip. On the second day I was in Costa Rica I went to INBio Parque. While we were there we saw a lot of different animals. For example we saw caiman, iguanas, a sloth, ducks, fish, frogs, butterflies, spiders, and snakes. I really liked the snake and the butterfly garden. They took the snake, a boa constrictor, out of its cage so we could touch it. It felt cool and smooth. The butterflies were in an enclosed garden. They were very colorful. My favorite was the blue morph, it was a metallic blue color when its wings were open. We saw many interesting plants, such as a heliconia and a welthia.

          Before we started the guided tour we saw a movie about how Costa Rica was formed three million years ago by volcanoes. The movie also talked about how the rain forest is being cut down. Already two-thirds of the rainforest has been destroyed. The movie also talked about the biodiversity research being done through out the country. At the end of the tour we saw a slide show of he many national parks in Costa Rica.

          INBio Parque has two rain forest types, a wet rain forest and a dry rain forest. But in both of the habitats we saw a wide variety of plants & animals. When we were done with the tour we had lunch and went to the gift shop. Overall the INBio Parque is very interesting place. I hope the people next year can go to INB Parque.

INBio Caiman

Maeve listens to the guide on the INBio tour

March 2004

INBio information chart

Sloth

INBio Waterfall

Turtle

 

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