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Hats off to Panama


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tell-tale snap of twigs alerts us to the fact we’re being watched. The gloom of the early-morning


forest takes some getting used to, and I spend a fruitless minute peering almost blindly into the darkness that’s wedged itself between every gap of the old-growth trees soaring skywards. A louder crunch splits the air, and some 10 metres


deeper into the jungle there’s the unmistakable outline of a white-faced capuchin monkey – all long, agile black limbs, with a creamy hood slung around its shoulders like a monk’s cowl. Blissfully unconcerned by our presence, it’s swung down and is roaming the ground for seeds. I’ve never seen a capuchin monkey approach


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PICTURE: Atta/Daniel Santos


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