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Peru 2001
Manu Biostation

The privately owned Manu Biostation is located on the Manu river, east of the village of Boca Manu. It has a big platform for tent camping, a screened dining hut, great bathrooms & showers, and a pet Collared Peccory and a tame Plumbeous Kite.



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Eli with machete, jungle-paint and thorns in nose

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Sophie with 'Gregory' the pet collared peccory

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Scarlet Macaws gathered in trees beside a riverbank Claylick where they would later feed (much more impressive in person; I didnt have the right camera)

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The "Walking Palm" can 'move' towards sunlight by varying the rate that the root-things grow

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All along the river we saw birds (over 100 species), Monkeys (5 species)Caimans (2 species) and the occasional village.