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During my 9 months in Costa Rica, I studied monkeys, was featured in a National Geographic documentary, rode horseback across the entire country, learned to dance salsa, and opened a bar on the Pan-American highway.  I love Costa Rica and look forward to many future visits.

(left) Monte Verde Cloud Forest was a great place to visit, but too mountainous for everyday primatology.  This is the stomping ground of Ateles geoffroyi, the spider monkey.

(right) Dr. Mark Teaford (Johns Hopkins) and two undergrad assistants make a dental cast of an anesthetized wild female howler (Alouatta palliata gray).  Meanwhile, Dr. Margie Clark (Tulane) marks the infant's tail with hair dye to assist in recognizing it after release in the field. 

(above two) This three month old howler monkey infant was accidentally darted when we didn't see him on his mom's back.  Luckily, we managed to break his fall with our net and he woke up three days later after a very restful sleep.  Here, I check his clinging ability prior to taking him back to his mom in the field.  They had a very happy reunion.

(left) These are the guilas (kids) who went to school right next to our field laboratory.  Here, they pose with a few darted howler monkeys who are not yet awake and ready for release.

Primatology Project - Costa Rica