Bahia Huevos, Isla Murcielagos, and a Tongue Twister
Bahia Huevos was our playground today and play we did! Hikes into the tropical dry forest, kayaking up a mangrove-lined river, snorkeling along the rocky coastline, Zodiac cruises around the rocky islets and then up the river as well. That was before lunch. During our investigations, as that is what they truly are, one of our younger guests discovered this baby Olive Ridley sea turtle, shown in the first photo, which in her words “Did not make it.” Indeed, it did not make it. However, what it did do was give us an opportunity for discussion. We enjoy many sightings of charismatic fauna or “live” animals, however there is a need and a place for the things that “did not make it” as well. They are not “wasted.” This turtle presented our natural history staff an opportunity to share more about the life of the turtles that do make it. And, to talk of the organisms that will be able to use this hatchling.
The investigations we enjoy are shared experiences. In the second photo the bird sightings of the morning are being shared between mother and daughter. The sightings of today and yesterday have already inspired our guests to prose. Okay, maybe not prose, but a fun and accurate tongue twister that Ryan Cioffi said we could share with everyone.
Ten toes total on a two-toed sloth.
Say that one ten times fast.
