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Picturesque location near Boca Grandi. | 42 KB |
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Male frog (Dori Machu) floating on water's surface. | 19 KB |
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Female frog (Dori Muhe) floating on water's surface. | 21 KB |
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Four camouflaged frogs on a rock in a deer watering hole. | 48 KB |
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A Kaku (treelizard) getting warmed up on my thumb. | 69 KB |
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Pedro Cicilia showing off his ravenous appetite...:-) These are the remains of a whale that washed up dead on the northern shore of the park in Feb 1999. After all flesh has been digested by park critters, the bones will be glued together and put on display in the Savonet Museum located in the Saint Christoffel Park. | 73 KB |
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A landbound crab hiding under a rock. | 39 KB |
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Nest in a 3 meter tall cactus containing two eggs of a small bird called Moffi. | 46 KB |
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Lyo, one of 15 raptors of the Raptor Center located in the
park, being weighed. In the background you can see the open-air "cage" of one of the endangered White Tail Buzzards. Lyo is a Cara Cara and he weighs 970 grams which is the maximum weight for a raptor of his size and age. During the time of the year when raptors shed their old feathers they are "fattened" so that their body has enough vitamins and energy to ensure proper feather renewal. Thereafter he will be lowered to a "natural" weight of approx. 12% less. |
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Nov. 03, 1999. This approx. 7-day-old bunny was orphanned
accidentally. (When you visit the Raptor Center, ask me, and I'll tell you the complete story) Together with his 2 sisters he will be handfed warmed, fresh milk of a boergoat at my dad's farm, for the next week or so. My busy schedule as trainer and caretaker at the Raptor Center keeps me from being a loving foster parent of the triplets. So my mom assumed that role for the time being. (Tnx mom!!!) |
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On Oct 15, 1999, this young Cara Cara was dropped off anonymously in a box at the Saint Christoffel Park. It was very weak, showing no resistance to handling, it's chest area was very boney, and it had diarrea. It did not have any symptons of any known bird disease. So I figured it was just underfed. I then prepared some food in a blender consisting of a Blausana lizard, some vitamins, bone meal and water and handfed it to the Cara Cara. The trick was to place small chunks of the food in the back of the beak. I used a feather as a "spoon" instead of my fingers, just in case. After four days the bird had regained its strength, had solid feces, and could eat on its own. (I've got a nasty "bite" mark on my fore-arm as evidence) When it has regained enough strength and fat reserves, it will be released back into the wild, where it belongs. | 25 KB |
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Orphaned bunny update Dec 01, 1999. Yes, it's one of the 3 bunnies. Actually, they're twins now since one of the triplets passed away, and was buried in my family's Pet Cemetery. When you compare this picture to the one taken on Nov. 03, you have living proof that "you gotta drink milk to grow big". Currently this bunny is on a daily diet of fresh grass, whole oats, and boergoat's milk. A wild bunny can't digest cow's milk, because the milk's lactose level is too high. (check out how the bunny holds the bottle's nipple) |
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Dec 01, 1999. This is the 2nd of the twins. In the Nov. 3 picture it is no bigger than a thumb, and on Dec. 01 it is bigger than my mom's hand. At this phenomenal growth rate it may reach adult size just before the third millenium commences. Yes, this bunny is most definitely Y2K compatible...:-) |
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Dec 02, 1999. Between Nov.29th and Dec. 2nd it had rained continuously, and more rain is forecasted for the next few days. This is not a normal weather pattern for Curacao. Where once were hiking and mountainbiking trails, there are now rivers. This deer rushed by when I went to check the damage to the trails. I think it had not noticed me, because its tail, to alarm others, is not up... | 40 KB |
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