And now, the Long awaited answers that have been eating away at you for...nearly 48 hours!
1. As in the Galapagos, several species are endemic to Cocos Island (found nowhere else in the world); one of them is the Cocos Cukoo.
2. Who was the first westerner in Costa Rica and is commonly credited (probably incorrectly) with dubbing the land “The Rich Coast”? Christopher Columbus
3. You can see the Costa Rican glass frog’s heart beating through its abdomen.
4. Several thousand tough stabilizing roots up to 20 meters (66 feet) long wind through the loose sand from the base of coconut (Coco, Cocotero, Cocos nucifera) trees which are rarely toppled even by the strongest hurricanes.
5. Las Hornillas in Northern Costa Rica has boiling mudpots, steam vents, and small geysers.
6. Costa Rica imports about half-a-million dollars worth of beer every year. Seventy-five percent from Mexico and the remainder from the U.S. and Europe.
7. Green Sea Turtles are named after the color of the layer of fat on their meat, not the color of their shell.
8. Costa Rica has the cheapest, most convenient and reliable phone system in Latin America
9. Several species of bees search miles from home to find the Bejuco de Pan (Dalechampia scandens) vines that produce a waterproof, moldable resin they use in nest construction.
10. Tarantulas (Matacaballos) can grow to over 10” (25 cm) and some can make a snakelike hiss by rubbing the hairs of their legs together.
11. Each female leatherback will nest as many as 12 times a season, every 10 days or so (usually at night to avoid dehydration).”
12. Consistent winds across Lake Arenal make it one of the premier windsurfing sites in the world.
13. Cebia or Kapok (Cebia petandra) trees are best known for producing fibers used in life preservers and furniture cushions, but their name comes from the Caribbean word for the canoes (cebia) that were carved from its long, straight, soft trunks.
14. The official term for a citizen of Costa Rica is Costariquense, but you will probably never hear it. Costa Ricans refer to themselves as Ticos and Ticas.
15. Chirripo peak in Costa Rica is home to the northernmost occurrence of the high altitude Paramo ecosystem
Special thanks to Costa-Rica-Guide.com for all of its amazing trivia questions and answers!!!
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This is the last post for Costa Rica. We hope you learned a lot and enjoyed it as much as we did! Stay tuned for a new country of the month, Dubai!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
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