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Costa Rica Denounces Killing of Crocodile Believed to Have Eaten Boy

Tico Times - November 29, 2022

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Costa Rica Wildlife: 6 You Might Have Never Seen

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Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Kinkajou

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Costa Rica’s Hidden Enemy: The Terciopelo

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Wetlands destruction driving ‘sensitive’ dragonflies to brink

AFP -

The destruction of wetlands is driving a decline of dragonflies around the world, with one sixth of species of the magnificently colourful insects threatened...

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Costa Rica creates new biological reserve

Alejandro Zúñiga -

As part of National Parks Day celebrations, Costa Rica created a new biological reserve.

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Official: The sloth is Costa Rica’s newest national symbol

Alejandro Zúñiga -

The two- and three-toed sloth have officially become national symbols of Costa Rica.

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Some baby bats babble like human infants, scientists find in Costa Rica

AFP -

The babbling of 20 baby bats was recorded in Costa Rica and Panama between 2015 and 2016

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Sloths, A New National Symbol of Costa Rica And Algae Growers

The Tico Times -

Sloths may be slow animals, but they surely make their way throughout Costa Rica. Their leisurely ways seem quite suited to the pura vida...

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Watch: Snake stops traffic in Costa Rica

The Tico Times -

Costa Rica is home to about 140 snake species, of which only 23 are considered venomous.

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Pic of the Day: Costa Rica’s smallest primate

The Tico Times -

The tití monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) is a Central American primate species, which has two subspecies that are geographically isolated, one of these subspecies is endemic to Costa Rica.

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