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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in north-central Costa Rica is a magical place shrouded in mist and fog. A dense high-altitude cloud forest, Monteverde boasts a wide variety of flora and fauna including howler and white-faced monkeys, quetzals, toucans, the world's tiniest orchid, five-foot long ferns and more.

At Selvatura Adventure Park, (just outside Monteverde Reserve) another type of large mammal can be found swinging through the trees on giant ziplines... they're called "people." Here, an excited specimen takes his video camera along for the ride.