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Wildlife Area Attractions In Panama

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Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's 4 million people.Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. ...
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Wildlife Area Attractions In Panama

  • 4. Aprovaca (The Orchid Nursery & Conservation Center) El Valle De Anton
    APROVACA is a non-profit organization established to conserve and protect native orchids in El Valle de Antón, Panama. The organization was founded on May 15, 2001 with the goal of protecting endangered endemic Panamanian species of orchids. Illegal orchid poaching by locals have greatly diminished the number of orchids in El Valle and threatens to eradicate several species of orchids only found in El Valle. The headquarters of APROVACA is in El Valle de Antón. Aside from administration the center has an orchid garden and a nursery for local orchids and horticultural varieties. As an ongoing project APROVACA is collaborating with the Institute of Agricultural Investigation of Panama to reintroduce endemic local orchids into their natural habitats.Since March 2010 APROVACA has been a memb...
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  • 6. Monkey Island Panama City
    At least six monkey species are native to Panama. A seventh species, the Coiba Island howler is often recognized, but some authors treat it as a subspecies of the mantled howler, . An eighth species, the black-headed spider monkey is also often recognized, but some authorities regard it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey. All Panamanian monkey species are classified taxonomically as New World monkeys, and they belong to four families. The Coiba Island howler, mantled howler, black-headed spider monkey and Geoffroy's spider monkey all belong to the family Atelidae. The white-headed capuchin and Central American squirrel monkey belong to the family Cebidae. the family that includes the capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. The Panamanian night monkey belongs to the family Aotidae, ...
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  • 8. Punta Culebra Nature Center Panama City
    The Punta Culebra Nature Center is a visitor center located in Panama City, on one of the islands connected by the Amador Causeway. It is operated by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, also located in Panamá. The center focuses mainly on [[marine and terrestrial science and education, conservation and interpretation of marine coastal environments in the tropics. Among its attractions, the Fabulous Frogs of Panama, a touch tank with equinoderms and trutles are some of the exhibits found in Punta Culebra. A trail to a stretch of tropical dry forest is also part of the attractions where free roaming animals such as raccoons, sloths, green iguanas and beautiful birds and butterflies can be found.
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  • 9. Nature & Wildlife Tours Panama City
    The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first mainstream programs to present scientific evidence on a number of environmental issues, including nuclear power and genetic engineering. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: De rerum natura – On the Nature of Things.
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