Eel

The resident eel poking his head out of the coral he calls home. This coral head is on the side of the dock so we check it out each time we are down there to see if Mr. Eel is out and about.

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Moth

This moth is just beautiful. The false eyes on the wings are vibrant. Just another one of the inhabitants here in the jungle.

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Ain't love grand?

Mel and Rosemary were here with us for a week. They travel all around the world so we were honored that they spent one of their weeks here. They are still holding hands snorkeling after all these years!

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Tranquilo Bay in Sport Diver

In the June issue of Sport Diver there are a variety of articles on where to go expat.

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Panama and specifically, Bocas del Toro, made it as one of the destinations - the Wild West. Check out the article here - http://www.sportdiver.com/article.jsp?ID=21392105. The reference to Panama is toward the end of the online article.

Red Frogs

Here is one of the red frogs from on our trail. A graduate student from Michigan is studying our frogs and a variety of their characteristics here at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She says they are prolific - she grabbed a group of males and females and has put them to stud service. She will return our frogs to us and the offspring will be studied for some time.

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Bugs

For those of you who have met Jim you know that he has a thing for taking pictures of bugs, insects and all things in the jungle and the sea. Here are a few of his recent photos.

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Boys will be boys

Boys will definitely be boys. It doesn't matter if they are growing up in the concrete jungles of New York City or the jungles of Panama. There is something about snakes that interests them. Corin was here with his dad and one of his sisters on his Spring Break. He had studied up on all the different snakes we have here in Bocas del Toro and in Panama. He brought a snake grabbing device with him so that if he encountered any snakes he could catch one. Well he was constantly on the look out and he found this boa and brought it back for us to put in our aquarium for a few months. We have since fed this guy a few times and let him go back into the wild.

Corin with Tres and Scott and the boa