By Wendy Perkins STAFF WRITER
SDZG Postdoctoral Fellow Mark Bowler, Ph.D., climbs into the rain forest canopy to position camera traps to better study primate populations.
PHOTO BY JAVIER QUIROZ, SDZG
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ne moment, Javier Quiroz was in his element, ascending the lush canopy of trees in the Amazon rain forest in Peru. The next moment, he was in agony from the sting of a bullet ant— infamous for inflicting the most painful sting of any insect, with excruciating burning sensations radiating through the victim’s body for 24 hours. Yet Javier, a senior arborist at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, wouldn’t have missed the experience for anything!
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