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This week the other students and I went to an animal refuge for animals that are injured or illegally domesticated. It was so fun!! It was like the Disney Wildlife (see the sign) Ernesto, our school administrator, took us on the grand tour and taught us about the flora and fauna.


This tree is the Black Chechen. Its sap if wet, will give a person 2nd degree burns and blind them if it gets in their eyes. The tree is drained of its sap and its wood is used to make crafts. Always close to the Black Chechen is its antidote (I don`t remember the name). If anyone is unfortunate to get burned the sap from the tree nearby (seen here) will sooth the burn. I don`t think it works on blindness.


These spider monkeys were domesticated from birth and cannot be returned to the wild. They seemed really happy, and put on a show for us. They loved us because we fed them bananas



Loni and Jacki

The employee let us in to see the tigrilla. The tigrilla was captured when it was young and domesticated. As a result it cannot be reintroduced into the wild :( I really wanted to take it home with me, but I knew that was the reason why it was there in the first place



We were also able to go in the cages with the macaws and other birds. The Macaws did not like us, I think they wanted our figners for dinner. Todd was sure to stay a safe distance from them.




With a macaw feather in his hat, Cush took us safely home.