Isla del Caño Biologic Reserve |
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The Biological Reserve Isla del Caño is located in the Pacific Ocean, in front of the Corcovado National Park in the Peninsula de Osa, approximately 15 km out to sea of the position of San Pedrillo.
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The island has great importance from the archaeological point of view, because in pre-Columbian times it was used like an indigenous cemetery. The cultural materials are ceramic rest and carved lítics devices, including the typical spheres of the Diques
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The island is covered by always green a rainy tropical forest, with approximately 158 species of plants superiors and ferns, the majority evergreen. Trees of up to 50 meters of height are where the heavy trees excel of I am vacant. The present fauna in the island is little. The birds are represented by 10 species, being the most common heron of the cattle, the sparrowhawk crab seller, the fishing eagle and the brown piquero. With respect to the mammals four eyes, tepezcuintle, some species of rats have been observed the fox and several of bats. In addition, small snakes, the boa, frogs and small lizards
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The island protects very important marine atmospheres, where it stands out by his extension and wealth of species, the chorale reefs. Associated to reefs, they are diversity of species of fish, invertebrates, seaweed and mammals like the dolphins and whales. The species marins are present in different atmospheres like reefs from chorale, rocky beaches and steep where they live with infinity of fish, the stars, the sprocket wheels, the lobsters and cambutes. These two last species are in extinction danger.
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