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I went to visit some friends today and while sitting on their porch we saw this Toucan eating M. dasycarpa fruit. They have these plants growing all around the house and they told me that the Toucans love the fruit.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39624&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39624)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39623&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39623)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39622&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39622)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39621&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39621)
saltydad
12-31-2010, 04:26 PM
Wow, great shots, Jeff. I misread the thread title as a dasycarpa that ate toucans..LOL!!
Olafhenny
12-31-2010, 06:04 PM
Fantastic shots; I may (or not) be able to eke out the survival of a banana plant here in Canada, but a visit from a Toucan I will have to live without. :(
SilkKnoll
12-31-2010, 06:43 PM
This makes me truly envious! I loved my one visit to Costa Rica.
I've been trying to recreate the tropics here for so long, with my cold-tolerant subtropicals and my birds, etc.
How magnificent it must be to have sights like that before your eyes daily!
Thanks for sharing the pics! You brightened this winter day.
Thanks for the nice comments. The wildlife here always amazes me!
Toucan is...... too cool!:ha: Seeing this just makes me want to visit Central America that much more. I've been reading some books on your part of the world recently and am just dying to see it for myself.
Thanks for posting this.
Jack Daw
01-02-2011, 08:48 AM
Cool!
Is that toucan eating only those whiter bananas? Are those unripe?
momoese
01-02-2011, 10:42 AM
Looks like the bird figured out how to peel them. That's awesome!
coast crab
01-02-2011, 11:52 AM
Looks like the bird figured out how to peel them. That's awesome!
They pop open when the seeds are ripe. Cardinals like to eat the ones in my garden, I won't be seeing toucans any time soon!
I have a friend who grows it just to feed to his parrots. They love them.
R
Cool!
Is that toucan eating only those whiter bananas? Are those unripe?
Here is a better photo to show what happens when the fruit is ripe. The skins peel back and expose the white fruit.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39656&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39656&ppuser=43)
Darkman
01-03-2011, 07:22 PM
Thanks for the nice comments. The wildlife here always amazes me!
and we appreciate the pics. Keep them coming. Especially animal pics!
The Hollyberry Lady
01-03-2011, 07:26 PM
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/2.gif
Your pics are just spectacular, Jeff!!! :08:
I 2nd that, and please keep them coming...
: )
I forgot to mention that the Toucan who was feasting on M. dasycarpa is a Chestnut-mandibled Toucan.
Here's a different species of Toucan - The Fiery-billed Aracari
I found this one perched outside of my window one morning.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39722&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39722&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39721&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39721&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39720&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39720&ppuser=43)
Olafhenny
01-04-2011, 11:27 PM
Thanks, Jeff. - love 'em
Olaf
Darkman
01-04-2011, 11:27 PM
Jeff when are you going to build some guest spaces. I hope to retire soon and would love to visit Costa Rico. You could build a B&B business!
Raules
01-04-2011, 11:32 PM
Thanks for photo Jeff! Very beautiful moment in a picture. Probably it liked this fruit. The plant will be grateful to it, that it will extend seeds in other territory.:)
sultry_jasmine_nights
02-05-2011, 07:43 PM
That is so cool. I wanna live there :)
AmberNichole
04-12-2011, 10:25 AM
wow that is soo cool!
Great photos as usual Jeff.
I know this is an old thread, but Jeff you may have answered a question I asked about this banana. Does this grow well in the tropics? The question is, is this place you visited in the lowlands or at some elevation.
austinl01
09-15-2012, 10:02 PM
Amazing pictures!
Great photos as usual Jeff.
I know this is an old thread, but Jeff you may have answered a question I asked about this banana. Does this grow well in the tropics? The question is, is this place you visited in the lowlands or at some elevation.
Brod, Sorry for the late response. These bananas grow very well in the lowland tropics. The photos of the Toucan eating the bananas were taken at a friends house who lives a couple hundred feet above sea level. We also have them here at Akira Reserve at sea level and they grow very well and fruit regularly.
austinl01
06-12-2014, 09:47 PM
Have you seen any other wild animals eating the dasycarpa fruit?
siege2050
06-12-2014, 11:25 PM
You have toucans, right there, in your friend's yard. I would have to go to the zoo to see one lol
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