Jaguar Rescue Center
We were here on the East Coast for a few weeks, and wanted to do as much as we could while we were here. One of the fun things we did was visit the Jaguar Rescue Center, or JRC. The JRC is an animal rehabilitation center for pretty much the entire eastern coast of Costa Rica. They take in as many animals as they can, with a focus on birds, reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. They do their best to fix up and doctor injured animals that come through, and then they release them back into the wild. Some animals aren't able to be released, due to their injuries, or inability to fend for themselves, so they get a permanent home in the center. We had a great time learning about all the different animals, and our tour guide (a lovely British gal whose name I can't remember) was very informative and put up with Solia's ennnnnndless questions.
Before we even started the tour, while we were waiting in the little food court area, we got to see a cool Red Eyed Tree Frog on a leaf. He was pretty awesome, and even crawled on the dudes hand (see video below). I felt a little bad, since we'd obviously woken the poor little guy from a nap. Also, there was plenty of time for silly selfies too ;)
Say Cheese! Solia's takin' selfies Selfie review time He was asleep, we woke the poor guy Red Eyed Tree Frog Amaia Took This Red Eted Tree Frog Egg Blob Frog Butt Hello Little Guy! Cool Flower Thing?
The first stop in the actual tour was a little area of tanks where they kept the snakes they are treating/rehabilitating.
Girls Took this one
Next, we visited the sloth area, and learned a ton about these cute little Two Toed Sloths:
In the same little enclosure, they had a baby Howler Monkey (whose mom died), a Keel Billed Toucan that was hanging around, terrorizing the poor sloths, and a cute little anteater.
After that, there was a lot less rhyme or reason to the groupings. They had birds (like this aracari, a wounded pelican, hawks, and parrots):
Parrot Hawk thinger Aracari Wounded Pelican Photo by Amaia
They had some reptiles, like this American Crocodile, some random turtle, and some Spectacled Caimans:
Caiman IMG_1535 Turtle Crocodile IMG_1280 IMG_1292 IMG_1287
They had some big cats, like this cute Ocelot and even cuter Margay:
Ocelot Ocelot Margay IMG_1513 IMG_1508 IMG_1491 DSC03912 DSC03918
They had more mammals, like the Spider Monkey, BABY SLOTHS, a peccary, a white tailed deer (Costa Rica's national animal, if you can believe it), an agouti, and some Capuchins and a bunny (both not pictured):
Baby Sloth IMG_1479 IMG_1465 IMG_1470 IMG_1450 girls camera (67) IMG_1423 NEWBORN SLOTH Agouti Peccary White Tailed Deer Spider Monkey Photo by Solia
Course, they had some cool bugs and plants, too:
Spider Some bug Amaia thought was cool Solia's red flower plant Solia liked this tree Spiky trees
Overall, it was a pretty cool visit, and we would probably go again! Check out the video for more cuteness:
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