Poison Dart Frog

Poison Dart Frog
Just how poisonous are poison dart frogs? Well, that depends. Generally speaking, the secretions from a poison dart frog’s back cannot permeate unbroken human skin, so they can be handled safely as long as you don’t have any open cuts and are careful to wash your hands afterward. The poison causes problems only if it gets into your bloodstream (either directly or through ingestion). Even then, it probably won’t kill you, though some species are much more toxic than others. The statistic usually quoted about the Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phylobates terriblis), for example, is that its skin contains enough of the alkaloid chemical Batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice. Some Web sites claim this equates to eight adult humans, though actually the number is closer to 100. But the frogs don’t bite, so you’ll only get into trouble if you try snacking on one.

Source of Information: http://itotd.com/articles/445/poison-dart-frogs/

Costa Rican Candy Bar

Freshly cut sugar cane. "You can share half and still have a whole."
The machine between me and Hollie is hand-cranked to crush and
squeeze the juice out of the cane. It gets run through once and then adjusted
to run through a second time. The cane is dense, heavy and full of sweet juice (Agua Dulce). Of course, you can simply peel the outside of the cane and chew the fiberous inside to suck out the sweet juice. But I like the machine better. Eight canes of the size in this photo made about 2 1/2 liters of agua dulce.

Dominical Waterfall & Swimming Hole

This cool and refreshing waterfall is located near Dominical beach. It is a little remote and only easily found by locals who already know of its existence.

The waters are wonderfully cool and the hole overflows into a rocky stream toward the ocean. The tree to the left has a rope for swinging out into the water.

A must see!

The Poas Volano Crater

VOLCAN POAS:

This is the crater of the Poas Volcano. The volcano is active.

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