Today we toured the banana plantation, and finished up our soil samples for our research project! We got to Dole, and started the tour with our very enthusiastic guide...
Cody, Nicole and Megan hard at work!
Crazy facts!! Bats make up 20% of mammals!!
Little bat that was captured that night (and then set free minutes later:))
Bat #2 caught that night - they set up nets to study abundance of bats in the area... Very interesting!!
Banana plant! (Not tree, contrary to what you might think!)
He split the plant in half!! Showing us the apical meristem! (I want to do this in my bio class!)
I got to climb up a ladder and bag a bundle of bananas - then, we took them down and the professionals cut down the plant! Time for new growth!
The plastic bags (although not as eco-friendly as Costa Ricans would like) are an outcome of the market demanding unbruised, perfectly shaped bananas!
Separate bundles, rinse, and package!!
We snuck our soil samples, finished the tour and headed back to La Selva where we set up our final soil samples to settle (takes 24 hours!)
Then, we watched the videos of our transects and counted plants!! We were looking for different types and abundances of species.
After data collection we did a little resting, had dinner, and then traveled to Tirimbini reserve for a lesson on the bats of Cost Rica!!
The lesson and tour were so interesting and so informative. We had a great time, and we're tired from the long day! Really looking forward to our chocolate tour in the morning!!!
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