DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS
Common name: Almond tree, mountain almond tree Species code: E079
Classification: Plants / Trees / Emerging trees
Taxonomy: Plantae / Spermatophyta / Magnoliopsida / Fabales / FABACEAE
Origin: Native Ame Tropics. Way of life: Terrestrial
Uses: Support for bird life, Featured species, Food for wildlife, Restoration, Timber, Culinary uses

Tree up to 60 m high, emerging from the canopy, of humid forests with precipitation greater than 3,500 mm per year; It grows especially in plains with alluvial, sandy soils and sometimes on clay-loam and acidic soils (Flores 1992). Its regeneration is more frequent in areas with sunlight. The fruits are associated with about 60 species of birds, mammals and insects, including primates, parrots, limpets, toucans, orioles and bats (Flores 1992, Bonaccorso et al. 1980). Jiménez, Q. et al. (2011, p. 127)

It is distributed from Nicaragua to Colombia. In Costa Rica in the Plains of Guatusos, San Carlos, Tortuguero and Baja Talamanca, at elevations from 0 to 200 m. An oil used to make soaps, and for the treatment of hair and stomach conditions, is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit; the roasted seeds are edible; With the raw seeds, the inhabitants of the Nicaraguan Caribbean make a paste reputed to be an aphrodisiac, mixing them with water or coconut milk (2).

References:
(1) Jiménez, Q.; Rojas, F.; Rojas, V.; Rodríguez, L. 2011. Timber trees of Costa Rica. Ecology and forestry. 2 ed. Santo Domingo de Heredia, C.R., INBio Editorial.

(2) Digital florula. La Selva Biological Station. Species Pages: Dipteryx panamensis. https://sura.ots.ac.cr/local/florula4/fl/find_sp.php?key_species_code=LS…. Visited on December 18, 2018.

(3)Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/13000486. Visited on December 18, 2018.

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June 18/2022 This beautiful specimen of Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) was admitted with a fractured wing a week ago, and we coordinated its transfer to the Hospital for Minor Species and Wild Animals of the @una.ac.cr
There it is receiving the best medical care under Dr. Mauricio Jiménez and his Veterinary Medicine team.
Important advice if you rescue an injured bird:
❌ Do not provide any medicine.
✅ Always seek help from a professional. Sometimes the medicines that we think may work are not necessarily for wild animals.
Thanks to the good-hearted people who alerted us to the case and brought it to the Project.

UPDATE JUNE 20/2022

Dr. Jiménez, from the Hospital for Minor Species and Wild Fauna of the @una.ac.cr, informed us that it is improving.
Unfortunately, its wing will not be in good enough condition to fly again. We emphasize the importance of not applying medications to wildlife when rescuing them, and seek professional medical attention as soon as possible.
There are still more days to finish its treatment. We will keep you informed of the evolution of its health status.
Thanks to Dr. Mauricio Jiménez and his professional team for their dedicated attention in this case.

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A wild and nocturnal visitor. Last night we spotted this porcupine here at the property.
Some interesting facts about them are: It is a rodent, they might have up 30.000 quills 😰, the only part of their body where they don’t have quills is on their stomach.
📸 by @crax_fotografia at Proyecto Asís.

And… YES! She did it again  Juancha’s babies .

Did you check these four pictures? 💞
A baby kinkajou, a baby howler monkey, a baby margay and a baby sloth.
We never show people holding or touching animals as this is not permitted here (this is not a correct practice) and should not be permitted anywhere you see wildlife. 🐾

We know the impact a photo like this can have when a person is shown holding them. This might get you twice and more times likes or followers… but as professionals we know this is not the way. At the end many people can only see themselves replacing that person because they want to hold the animals aswell. This is one of the reasons why you still find business based on exhibition of animals where you are allow to touch them, hold them or take photos right next to them, so this kind of business pay others to steal animals and use them for such shows, these animals are mistreated in many different ways.

No matter how hardworker a person can look, if they show themselves touching animals they are giving a wrong impression. One thing is to be documented (on a photo or video) helping rescue an animal and another thing is a photo where you cuddle, play or touch animals and then share a message about them. This second situation just invites indirectly others to do the same. ☹️

We must be very careful regarding what we support or share. 🧐

Wild animals and people should not appear together in photos. It can happen that you can rescue an animal and you want to show that good action, but if you do not share this photo with a proper description you are confusing people.

Lots of influencers are posing with animals (they say they care for); we must tell them there is a better way to help those and thousand more animals.

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