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Howler monkey

Angela,

The howler monkey in the picture appears to be black. Is that right? The ones we have around here are a reddish color. In southern Brazil they have the black ones. Were they roaring when you were around them. They make one mean sound. They also have the habit of throwing feces down at people below them. There certainly were a lot of animals and insects around for you to see. More than I normally see in the forest around here.

dk

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LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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Howler monkey

Angela,

The howler monkey in the picture appears to be black. Is that right? The ones we have around here are a reddish color. In southern Brazil they have the black ones. Were they roaring when you were around them. They make one mean sound. They also have the habit of throwing feces down at people below them. There certainly were a lot of animals and insects around for you to see. More than I normally see in the forest around here.

dk

As far as I could tell he was all black. They certainly made some pretty interesting sounds. I think some white faced monkeys showered some gifts down on some people from our bus!

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This is the place where I lost Cindy, she really like the butterfly exhibit.

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The pretty blue butterfly comes from this thing.

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More bugs on the trail.

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Don't fall off of the bridge.

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Jerry D. Andersen

JD Andersen Nursery

Fallbrook, CA / Leilani Estates, HI

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These photos were taken at InBioparque

False coral snake, non poisonous

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Sloth

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Another snake. I love the green color. This snake should be able to camouflage itself pretty easily.

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RainForestt Robert

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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This is the place where I lost Cindy, she really like the butterfly exhibit.

CostaRica2008238.jpg

The pretty blue butterfly comes from this thing.

CostaRica2008229.jpg

More bugs on the trail.

CostaRica2008096.jpg

Don't fall off of the bridge.

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Jerry,

I always stay away from caterpillars around here. The ones with spines can be real bad news. The more colorful the more they sting if touched. Since I don't really know which ones are the painful ones I just leave them all alone.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

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Outstanding essay of wildlife, Angela! I enjoyed each photo, even the snakes.

Thanks for taking the time to post them!

C from NC

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Bone dry summers, wet winters, 2-3 days ea. winter in low teens.

Siler City, NC

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Thanks Cindy! A lot of people had some really cool shots.

I was just looking closely at my bat picture and just finally noticed there were TWO bats!!! Awww... two cute batties!! :)

I'm sure they enjoyed everyone's flashes going off :mrlooney:

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Northern Tamandua, Tamandua mexicana

reference says it spends a good amount of time in the trees, eating ants I suppose.

I had a buddy with a few of these a few years ago (actually I think it was the southern one). Believe it or not, Purina makes a specialty food for these guys.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

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Nice to see the ant eaters in trees. Most of the ones I see are road kill. That is surely a forest with a lot of easily seen animals. In general is it not easy to see animals in the forest, at least around here. They might be right next to you, but you would never know it. Great pictures.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

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Northern Tamandua, Tamandua mexicana

reference says it spends a good amount of time in the trees, eating ants I suppose.

I had a buddy with a few of these a few years ago (actually I think it was the southern one). Believe it or not, Purina makes a specialty food for these guys.

Alan

Wow! Where did your friend live? Hmm... I wonder if they eat Argentine ants!!

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Great shots of the anteater! Unfortunately I missed it. Where was that?

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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The anteater was near the entrance to the aerial tramway. We were joking that he was chained to the tree, because it seemed like everyone saw him, when you would normally think it was a rare sight. So the legendary bus #4 did not see the anteater? I can only speculate as to why that occurred...

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and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Hmmm...I was busy looking at the sloth! :huh: But Angela was on Bus #4, so I guess I just wasn't paying attention!

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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I am pretty sure that anteater was along the trail in B. Carillo National Park. There is something to be said for being a straggler, you never know what you can find.

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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Yes you are right Bob, fellow straggler... It was at Braulio Carillo. I think it was Jerry @ the Tree Zoo who spotted it (sorry if I got it wrong) otherwise I would have never seen it.

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Wow! Where did your friend live? Hmm... I wonder if they eat Argentine ants!!

He lives in Miami. He supplies zoos and whatnot with animals.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

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