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The Bocas del Toro Research Station and Caymans, Smithsonian Institute, Panama, July 2008

www.stri.org . This videoclip shows the entrance and the laboratory facilities of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) at Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama. Filming took place during the Tropical Field Phycology Workshop held at the Station 9-23 July 2008. striweb.si.edu . Caymans (Caiman crocodylus Linnaeus 1758) were filmed in the freshwater pond in front [...]

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Leaf-Cutting Ants at the Bocas del Toro Research Station, Smithsonian Institute, Panama, July 2008

www.stri.org This videoclip shows leaf-cutting ants that were filmed during the Tropical Field Phycology Workshop held at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) at Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama, 9-23 July 2008. striweb.si.edu These unique ants are social insects found in warmer regions of the Americas and have evolved an advanced agricultural system based on [...]

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