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[John Terborgh] Iguana, iguana, iguana,
sequia.
[Voice] Okay John, how’s the work going over there?
For scientists spread out over the
archipelago, the evening radio call tempers the sense of isolation.
[John Terborgh] Ken and I will be
heading out early. We’re going to do a census of miedo and rocas, and
after we finish that, which will be 9:00 or so, we’ll be headed your way
to pick these guys up and bring them back here. Over.
From island to island, teams are encountering telltale patterns of
destruction. On Iguana Island, things are out of whack. It’s hungry
reptiles live at 10 times normal density. Also stripping leaves are
howler monkeys. They are up to 50 times more crowded than on the nearby
mainland. This is no monkey paradise.
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