Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate : Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica

by Ewing, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780965809818
• ISBN10: 0965809811
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Pixyjack Pr Llc

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Daniel Quinn
Preface	xiii
Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate	1	(6)
A Tale of Tzimin and Bolom	7	(7)
Raven Meets Toboba Tiznada	14	(11)
Eating the Seed Corn	25	(6)
Who Says You Can't Teach An Old Sloth New Tricks	31	(7)
There's a Fungus Among Us	38	(6)
Everybody Loves Toucan Sam ... or Do They?	44	(6)
Buffalo Herds, Beer and a Disease-Free World	50	(6)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	56	(7)
Not a Tree to Hug	63	(6)
Viagra Brings New Hope for Vanishing Marine Turtles	69	(6)
Addictive Brown Powder and Biodiversity	75	(6)
Blood Eaters Gone Amok	81	(6)
A Musty What?	87	(6)
Bats in the Attic, Pigs on the Plane, Hey Ma, the Well's Gone Dry	93	(5)
Deforestation, Reforestation and Regeneration	98	(7)
How Much Is a Tree Worth?	105	(7)
Please Don't Feed the Crocodiles	112	(6)
Great Weather for Bare-Throated Tiger Herons	118	(6)
The Tapirs of Sirena	124	(7)
A Bad Trip into the Magic World of the Giant Toad	131	(6)
Moon Lore: Method, Magic or Madness?	137	(6)
The Law of the Jungle: Survive If You Can	143	(6)
Those Dangerous Eco-Nuts	149	(4)
Close Encounters in the Slow Lane	153	(6)
Carrying Things to Extremes: Extremely Beautiful, Extremely Toxic	159	(6)
Alien Invasion: Exotics, Non-Natives and Invasives	165	(7)
Hateful Devils the Ants Won't Even Eat	172	(6)
Burgers versus Biodiversity in the Mangrove	178	(6)
And the Cards Came Tumbling Down	184	(6)
The Pizote and the Lion	190	(6)
Strange Things Are Happening in the Tree Tops	196	(7)
Epilogue	203	(4)
Acknowledgments	207	(1)
Recommended Reading	208	(1)
About the Author and Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Refuge	209