{"id":2463,"date":"2019-04-12T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2024-11-26T16:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:34:39","slug":"le-lamentin-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Manatees in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

The manatee, an endangered species, has become a national symbol of Costa Rica thanks to the initiative of children.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, it was the children of the school in the Caribbean region of \"Limoncito\" (little lemon) who took the initiative of presenting the authorities with a project to make this large aquatic mammal a national symbol in 2014.<\/p>\n

A school initiative<\/h2>\n

\"child<\/p>\n

It all began when the children at this school on Costa Rica's Atlantic coast were preparing a science project. They discovered that the manatee (also known as the Manati) was an endangered species. This is due to the destruction of their natural habitat by pollution, hunting and their slow reproduction. A female Manati can have one young at a time, and only every 4 years,<\/p>\n

The project was presented to the French National Assembly, and the manatee became a representative species of our country when the deputies voted unanimously to protect their natural habitat.<\/p>\n

There are very few manatees or Trichechus Manatus<\/em> (scientific name) in the world. Today, it is increasingly difficult to see them, but in Costa Rica they are still present in Tortuguero, in the San Juan river in the north and in the south of the country near the border with Panama in Gandoca and Manzanillo.<\/p>\n

The manatee<\/h2>\n

\"manatee<\/p>\n

The manatee is a large mammal with a snowshoe-shaped tail and extremities. It is also known as a sea cow, because of its large size. An adult Manati can reach 600 kilos and 3 meters in length.<\/p>\n

For many of America's indigenous cultures, the manati is sacred and a part of their legends. In Costa Rica, the history of the Bribri people tells of a being called manati or Naitli, who had the tail of a marine lobster instead of legs. It was Sibo, God of the Bribri people, who sent him to live in the river mouths.<\/p>\n

However, for some natives the Naitly is considered dangerous, and can even be hunted as it provides vital protein for their subsistence.<\/p>\n

Later in history, various chronicles of adventurers who came to the New World describe a huge animal, which is hunted, and has a highly prized meat. The inhabitants eat this red meat raw, smoked or sun-dried.<\/p>\n

What's more, in Costa Rica, Manati skin is used to make leather crafts, which are more popular than those made from Tapir skin.<\/p>\n

A national symbol<\/h2>\n

This is how the Manati became one of our national symbols on July 20, 2014. Bravo and thank you to all these children who, even more than the adults, were sensitive to the importance of protecting our country's nature.<\/p>\n

Author: Gabriella Rota Maldan<\/p>\n

 <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Le Lamantin, une esp\u00e8ce en voie d\u2019extinction, devenue symbole national du Costa Rica gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019initiative des enfants. Oui ce sont les enfants de l\u2019\u00e9cole de la r\u00e9gion de \u00abLimoncito\u00a0\u00bb (petit citron), situ\u00e9 dans\u00a0les Cara\u00efbes, qui ont pris l\u2019initiative de pr\u00e9senter aux autorit\u00e9s un projet pour que ce grand mammif\u00e8re aquatique devienne un symbole national […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,27],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites-au-costa-rica-fr","tag-costa-rica-tortuguero-famille","tag-voyage-famille-tortuguero"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLe Lamantin au Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Le Lamantin est devenu un symoble national au Costa Rica gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'initiative d'enfants. D\u00e9couvrez cette belle hitsoire sur le lamantin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-in-costa-rica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Le Lamantin est devenu un symoble national au Costa Rica gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'initiative d'enfants. D\u00e9couvrez cette belle hitsoire sur le lamantin.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-in-costa-rica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/morphoevasionscostarica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"279\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mathieu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mathieu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mathieu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc2ee027fe4d269670fd67f9b5ea7c37\"},\"headline\":\"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"costa rica tortuguero famille\",\"voyage famille tortuguero\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Actualit\u00e9s au Costa Rica\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/\",\"name\":\"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Le Lamantin est devenu un symoble national au Costa Rica gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'initiative d'enfants. D\u00e9couvrez cette belle hitsoire sur le lamantin.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg\",\"width\":780,\"height\":279,\"caption\":\"lamantin costa rica\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\",\"description\":\"Les voyages sur mesure durables au Costa Rica avec Morpho Evasions\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Logo-Morpho-Evasions.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Logo-Morpho-Evasions.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/morphoevasionscostarica\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/morphoevasions\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@morphoevasions7945\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc2ee027fe4d269670fd67f9b5ea7c37\",\"name\":\"mathieu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mathieu\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/morphocostarica.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/mathieu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Manatees in Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","description":"The manatee has become a national symoble in Costa Rica thanks to the initiative of children. Discover this beautiful story about the manatee.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-in-costa-rica\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","og_description":"Le Lamantin est devenu un symoble national au Costa Rica gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'initiative d'enfants. D\u00e9couvrez cette belle hitsoire sur le lamantin.","og_url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-in-costa-rica\/","og_site_name":"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/morphoevasionscostarica\/","article_published_time":"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":780,"height":279,"url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"mathieu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mathieu","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/"},"author":{"name":"mathieu","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fc2ee027fe4d269670fd67f9b5ea7c37"},"headline":"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica","datePublished":"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/"},"wordCount":529,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg","keywords":["costa rica tortuguero famille","voyage famille tortuguero"],"articleSection":["Actualit\u00e9s au Costa Rica"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/","url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/","name":"Manatees in Costa Rica - Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-12T10:22:05+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-26T16:34:39+00:00","description":"The manatee has become a national symoble in Costa Rica thanks to the initiative of children. Discover this beautiful story about the manatee.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lamantin-e1544709591803.jpg","width":780,"height":279,"caption":"lamantin costa rica"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/le-lamentin-au-costa-rica\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Le Lamantin au Costa Rica"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/","name":"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","description":"Sustainable tailor-made trips to Costa Rica with Morpho Evasions","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica","url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Logo-Morpho-Evasions.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Logo-Morpho-Evasions.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"Morpho Evasions Costa Rica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/morphoevasionscostarica\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morphoevasions\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@morphoevasions7945"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fc2ee027fe4d269670fd67f9b5ea7c37","name":"mathieu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a185f34ef5c2b1fccea73f3ad74e4b5ceecf30e719540e53135ec8493262475?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mathieu"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/morphocostarica.com"],"url":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/author\/mathieu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4608,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions\/4608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morphocostarica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}