This week in Panama
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There may be one shrimp that changes colors, and forms as it grows, or it may be a couple species.
I'm not adept enough at shrimp taxonomy to tell shrimp species apart.
The one above is from mainland Panama.
The orange one below, is from a stream in Taboga.
The one below, from mainland Panama
Above a ball part way to judge size of the Taboga shrimp.
I'm not adept enough at shrimp taxonomy to tell shrimp species apart.
The one above is from mainland Panama.
The orange one below, is from a stream in Taboga.
The one below, from mainland Panama
Above a ball part way to judge size of the Taboga shrimp.
Very nice images, thank you for sharing. The various shrimp with the large claws are in the genus Macrobrachium. There are many species in the neotropics, but also in Asia. Very good eating!
Thanks for the info, after googling and reading that they tend to be nocturnal, I walked to the stream at night and used a flashlight.
The shrimp were all out wandering around, during the day they seem to be gone because they bury themselves in the mud and under foliage and leaf litter.
The stream on Taboga is choked and
filled with leaf litter perhaps 6 inches deep, easy to hide under.
The shrimp were all out wandering around, during the day they seem to be gone because they bury themselves in the mud and under foliage and leaf litter.
The stream on Taboga is choked and
filled with leaf litter perhaps 6 inches deep, easy to hide under.
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The dry season is now hitting full force, and critters that normally stay in the uninhabited hills are showing up in town.
The tarantula below was tapping at our back door the other night.
The Andinoacara are doing well, their breeding season is coming up so they are starting to color up nicely.
The Vallisneria was choking out an amazon sword plant, so I hollowed out a root size section in a half floating log, and it was moved there.
With the seasonal change the water lilies are spreading over the surface of the calmer parts of the tank nicely.
a few years ago a large prehistoric bone was discovered on the island, half the skeleton is buried under a road, and part under a condo complex, near the beach.
The unearthed bone below, ended up in a friends garden, it was dug out by a guy everyone called Rolex.
We thought it might be a whale bone, but someone from the local Smithsomian contingent I.D.ed it as a land animal
The tarantula below was tapping at our back door the other night.
The Andinoacara are doing well, their breeding season is coming up so they are starting to color up nicely.
The Vallisneria was choking out an amazon sword plant, so I hollowed out a root size section in a half floating log, and it was moved there.
With the seasonal change the water lilies are spreading over the surface of the calmer parts of the tank nicely.
a few years ago a large prehistoric bone was discovered on the island, half the skeleton is buried under a road, and part under a condo complex, near the beach.
The unearthed bone below, ended up in a friends garden, it was dug out by a guy everyone called Rolex.
We thought it might be a whale bone, but someone from the local Smithsomian contingent I.D.ed it as a land animal
you had me thinking this is a paradise up to the pic of the spider. i don't do spiders. thanks for the pics cant wait until next weeks episode!
Those spiders are enough to add them to the list of places along with Australia to never visit.
duanes
If I may ask you a question, what made you wish to live on such a place?
duanes
If I may ask you a question, what made you wish to live on such a place?
I wanted to be near where true wild cichlids are, (the hybrid mutts that kept showing up in LFSs drove me nuts (especially when I couldn't often trust the listing as true cichlid species)).
And after visiting Panama and other spots in Central America a number of times, the island of Taboga was the spot we liked best.
And Panama uses the US dollar as currency, and offers a great retirement package (called the Jubilado program) with discounts on everything from meds to entertainment to .....
A doctor visit on Taboga is $0.50, I rent a two bedroom two bathroom house for under $1000 per month, fresh fish caught daily by hook and line/local fishermen is only $2.50 a lb
On the island I don't need or own a car, and I can snorkel with everything from trigger fish, to wrasses, to sting rays, twice or more per day if I want.
The spiders are a non-issues, never been bitten yet in 5 years here, although I was stung by a scorpion, not any more severe than a bee sting (my own fault, I didn't shake out my pants in the morning) and again this was my own fault, I stepped on a sting ray and got stung.
And after visiting Panama and other spots in Central America a number of times, the island of Taboga was the spot we liked best.
And Panama uses the US dollar as currency, and offers a great retirement package (called the Jubilado program) with discounts on everything from meds to entertainment to .....
A doctor visit on Taboga is $0.50, I rent a two bedroom two bathroom house for under $1000 per month, fresh fish caught daily by hook and line/local fishermen is only $2.50 a lb
On the island I don't need or own a car, and I can snorkel with everything from trigger fish, to wrasses, to sting rays, twice or more per day if I want.
The spiders are a non-issues, never been bitten yet in 5 years here, although I was stung by a scorpion, not any more severe than a bee sting (my own fault, I didn't shake out my pants in the morning) and again this was my own fault, I stepped on a sting ray and got stung.
With the arrival of the Humboldt current from S America, jellyfish are a major irritant.
We tried to snorkel the other day, and were quickly driven out of the water.
Luckily the hottest water one can stand poured on the welts, seems to neutralize the stinging proteins, and a smear of aloe helps later.
A new bunch of sea turtle eggs are hatching, so the few that survive could help by eating the larval jellies.
The young turtles are kept a few days, while they absorb the yolk sac, so hopefully a few more will survive.
Under normal conditions, only about 1% make it to the water. But by releasing them at night we are hoping a few more will make it, and help reduce the ever exploding jelly glut.
Its tourist season on the island so the crowds of pleasure boats, and Panama Canal waiting list in the sea, and on the beach are increasing by the moment.
We tried to snorkel the other day, and were quickly driven out of the water.
Luckily the hottest water one can stand poured on the welts, seems to neutralize the stinging proteins, and a smear of aloe helps later.
A new bunch of sea turtle eggs are hatching, so the few that survive could help by eating the larval jellies.
The young turtles are kept a few days, while they absorb the yolk sac, so hopefully a few more will survive.
Under normal conditions, only about 1% make it to the water. But by releasing them at night we are hoping a few more will make it, and help reduce the ever exploding jelly glut.
Its tourist season on the island so the crowds of pleasure boats, and Panama Canal waiting list in the sea, and on the beach are increasing by the moment.
