The Rainforest’s Alarm Clock
At 6:00 am nature’s alarm clock awoken me from a sound sleep. The howler monkeys called out to one another deep in the jungle. It’s a familiar sound at dawn in the rainforest of Costa Rica. A daunting sound if you’ve never heard it. In my imagination I see a huge male ape protecting his family against other predators loudly voicing his concern. In fact, the howler monkey only weighs up to 20 pounds but his throaty call can resonate up to three miles away. I welcome the howler monkeys calls now but not so the first time I heard [...]
