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DAY 3 THE SLOTH GARDEN
Day three deliberately slowed the tempo of the expedition.
Not because we were bored (far from it aver the orst two
days), and not even because we were exhausted (though
we certainly felt the last two days in our muscles), but
because Costa Rica’s biodiversity isn’t all high-speed chases
and adrenaline. Some of its most iconic creatures survive
by doing the exact opposite of what modern humans do:
they slow down and conserve energy. We planned Day 3 as
a change of pace, a kind of meditation in the middle of all
this action.
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