Hawken, James 1977 Journal Green Turtle Station, Tortuguero, Prov. Limon, Costa Rica 31 Aug imagine why the animal wasn't eaten by the ants if it either is not noxious to them or is immune to their stings. Three others were found adjacent to an abandoned house W of Sargento next to the river. Two were found under piles of tin roofing and wood paneling, a third under a rotting coconut tree. In addition, Pete found a rat-nest rest inside a rotting log in the cactus and I collected two juveniles from there. No snakes were seen despite our looking in likely spots and just generally flushing through the brush. We went fishing at the lagoon later in the afternoon but our ill-luck luck continued and nothing was caught Tala elnn, San Jose; Costa Rica (Saturday) 5 Sept I arrived in San Jose 3 Sept after flying from Tortuguero to Limon early in the morning and taking a bus to San Jose later in the day. I had tried to leave the afternoon of the previous day on the plane which delivered Dr. Carr and two other people, but after taking off we had to return to Tortuguero when the oil temp. gauge was reading in the red zone. Henry Prange was at the Tala