hello everyone from panama rep.

[GiovanniCorella]

hey i hope to make new friends, many friends, I'm a panamanian boy interested in this themes since I wish to be a biologist and I would like to have some cephalopods (my first) of my own...

 

[CaptFish]

to TONMO

 

[Neogonodactylus]

Giovanni,

You live in a country with a rich octopus fauna on both coasts. There is also great tradition in cephalopod biology in Panama with researchers like Martin Moynahan and Arcadio Rodaniche. Welcome.

Roy

 

[monty]

 

[sorseress]

Glad to have you join us. Want to tell us something about yourself?

 

[GiovanniCorella]

thank u all, well just like I said I'm panamanian, 21 years old, mmm, i like languages, reading, movies, music, specially rock, i love animals and I'm a conservationist, i like traveling, in point i'd like to go to the usa soon, to miami and orlando and i would like to know if any of u know where in the state of florida could i buy octopuses, because in the pet shops here i haven't found any octopuses yet..

 

[DWhatley]

The logistics of trying to transport any live animal between countries might be more problem than is reasonable. I know that Neogonodactylus has transported them and might have some idea what is needed but his collection is for research and not personal use.

 

[sorseress]

If you're going to be in Florida you might also try to go to Sarasota. It's not far from Orlando, and there's a nice aquarium there. Are you currently a student?

 

[GiovanniCorella]

i'll try to go there, thanks, as for your question, yes I'm on vacation right now till march.....so i still have a lot of time left to enjoy, lol....but I'm about to start my second year of biology...
pity that it's so hard to transport animals between countries, i kind of knew it already, well anyways, i'll have to pay to some fisherman around to get my own then, hahaha

 

[DWhatley]

Fishermen can be a good way to acquire one but be sure they understand that you want it for a pet and not for dinner.

 

[lance]

welcome to TONMO

lance

 

[GiovanniCorella]

I'll make sure dwhatley...xD...thanks lance, and thank u to everyone else...so anybody tell me where could i begin...?? any interesting thread...???

 

[GiovanniCorella]

oh good, been back since december and I find out that I've forgotten at all...xD...how's everybody doing...

 

[Firefly]

Bienvenido otra vez al foro!

 

[Stavros]

bumping this - Do we have any researchers in Panama here on Tonmo?