Saturday, June 8, 2019

June 8th

Today was a pleasant day because we had a change of scenery and got a break from the science and went zip lining on the mountain. The zip lining course was fun and most of us got the hang of it by the second rope.

After lunch, we went on a mini hike to find the ant colonies that we will be researching later on in the week. Our collection of the colonies was interrupted by rain towards the end so we quickly finished collecting the fungus gardens and headed back to change for the cooking class.

Once we cleaned up, we went to a cooking class in town and learned to make tortillas, plantains, chicken, rice and beans and salad. After we cooked the food and we all got to enjoy the experience of the local culture.

Finally we headed back to the ranch and debriefed our day in the fields and discussed our ant colonies. We ended the day with a interesting video about a fungus that can control bullet ants.

It was an exhausting day, but we learned a lot about the leafcutter ants and the culture in Costa Rica.

- Rhyan and Robert

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