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Duval,
E.H.
2002
Journal
Isla Boca Brava, Chiquí, Panamá
20 May 2002
This morning I found the captive DM, AYA,
death on the floor of his cage. It appears that he
never did eat, and that his high activity & metabolism
rates plus non-existent fat did him in: he was directly
below the perch where he had roosted the previous
night. Becca, who is much better at specimen
prep than I am, spent the entire morning skinning
him. I forgot to mention that we should save
tissue samples and syninx, and she discarded the
body before I returned home in the afternoon. She
did measure the testes, however.
21 May 2002
We all went to David today, and Becca began
her vacation. I went with Becca & Ryan to
the immigration office to extend their visas. That went
smoothly, but when I tried to buy my tourist
card the woman in charge pointed out (rather severely)
that I was not properly stamped into Panamá. When
I entered at Guabito, they stamped "salida" instead
of "entrada". After much arguing about how I
couldn't afford the time or money to go to the other
side of Panamá and have the Guabito office
fix things, I had to give in. I got a letter
stating that I was on my way to correct a clerical
error, just in case I was stopped by police