Tuesday February 25, 2020

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WCSGloversReef.org

The Glover’s Reef Research Station is an ideal location for marine research and the only research facility within the Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve. Owned by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the station is located approximately 45 km off the coast of Belize on the Glover’s Reef Atoll, the southernmost of Belize’s three coral atolls, which supports extraordinarily high biological diversity across its 35,000 hectares. Since 1995, the station has provided a platform for scientists to conduct cutting-edge research at one of the Caribbean’s most complex and important coral reef systems.

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Monkeying around! (Spider monkeys)

Spider Monkey - Ma'ax
The Spider monkey in Maya Yucatec is Ma'ax and is one of the animals found in Belize. Did you know the Spider monkeys are susceptible to Malaria?

Monkeys represent the sacred, the underworld and a man of an earlier creation. The Maya adoration of the monkey is based on the creation legend.

The legend of Popol Vuh:
Long ago, men were made of wood. The wood people were punished by being destroyed, and those few who managed to survive, became monkeys. The Yuumstilo'ob refused to give up and then created a man made of maize (corn).

Photograph by Charlene Reina

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