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Florence Vallet
Originally from Valleparisis, France, Flor has been a volunteer guide at Hacienda Baru for 2 years. We couldn’t possibly be luckier, to have this primate specialist who worked for several years in the French Zoo, La Vallee des Singes, and was in charge of the new world primates. This particular zoo is a copy of the Apenheul Zoo in Amsterdam. The concept is to give the animals an environment that is as similar as possible to the wild. They sleep inside but are free to roam on islands during the day. Her life as a zoo keeper involved arriving two hours before the zoo gates where opened to check on her brood and make sure that they had a good night, next move them to their open air island and the first feeding of the day. It was also Flor’s responsibility to keep an eye on the visitors of the zoo to make sure that they weren’t feeding or trying to touch the monkeys. Every two hours Flor gave a talk about the animals under her care, she remembers that this was one of the things she most enjoyed.
Flor first came to Costa Rica with a friend who was working with an NGO on Spider Monkeys. She then worked in the Curu Wildlife Refuge assisting with a Scarlet Macaw reintroduction project. She returned to France for a brief time but bought Jack Ewing’s book, Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate on her way home. She set the book aside for several months, but when the yearning for the tropics began she picked it back up and loved it. On a whim she wrote Jack and asked him if he would be interested in hosting a volunteer, she was willing to translate for any French speaking guests. A couple of months later Jack called her back, it worked out beautifully for both of us.
When she’s not translating for French guests on our trails, Flor will be studying the two different troops of White Faced Capuchin Monkeys on Hacienda Baru. Her first project is to identify the individuals, once that is done she plans to study their behavior and yearly cycles.
Flor is an avid reader and is currently polishing her knowledge of Ants. EO Wilson and accompanies her during down time.
Acheter le livre de Jack
Découvrez les chemins mystérieux et fascinant dans lequel les animaux et les plantes et les individus interagissent entre eux dans les forêts tropicales du Costa Rica.
Auteur et naturaliste Jack Ewing partage une richesse des observations et des expériences recueillies auprès de plus de trois décennies de la vie dans le sud-ouest du Costa Rica, qui abrite certains des écosystèmes les plus prolifiques et diversifiées sur la Terre.
Plus qu'un simple recueil d'essais, les singes sont en chocolat est un témoignage de l'émerveillement de la vie sous toutes ses formes innombrables, comme on le voit à travers les yeux d'un homme avec un don de discernement subtil et un flair naturel pour raconter des histoires.
Capuchin Capers
The troop of 26 monkeys was strung out over about 100 meters, moving through the forest. The lead monkey, a mature female, came to an area where the tree cover was broken by an open swamp with only a narrow corridor two trees wide going around it.
Chocolate Monkey Gift Shop
Notre boutique de souvenirs vous offre une grande variété d’articles tels que t-shirts, hamacs, décorations en bois sculpté, livres, cartes postales et objets d’artisanat de tous types. Notre politique est d’acheter le plus souvent possible les objets d’artisants locaux qui utilisent des matériaux locaux et de source durable.
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