Mammals, Reptiles, Insects…
We’ve seen alot of animals since I last wrote (which, I’m sorry to say, was a long time ago), so this update is just going to be about the wildlife. Let’s start with birds. There were these cute little sea birds that were brown on top and white underneath, and they were trying to land on the boat. Sometimes, two of them would land at the same time and they would fight for the best spot, the consequences being that they both fell off. As they got better at slipping through the lifelines, their squuabbles became more frequent. At one point, Mom and Dad went below. A few minutes later, we heard a shriek, and Dad came out carrying a bird! We took pictures and petted it, and then let it go. Mom wasn’t very happy about it, because the bird thought her bed was the bathroom. A while later, I was in the V-berth with Mom when another bird dropped through the hatch… and landed on Mom!! I chased it around the V-berth, and, luckily, caught it before it made any messes.
When we went to Manuel Antonio , we saw monkeys in the National Park and in the town. Some small, golden monkeys were hanging out on the low roof of a restaurant, and I found a piece of pineapple and held it out to one. The monkey grabbed onto my finger, snatched the pineapple, and scampered back up the roof! In the National Park, a black and white monkey ran right past Mom. In the park, we saw alot of other animals. There were lizards, an agouti, a nighthawk, some small bats, coatimundis, and three- and two-toed sloths! There were also butterflies and a huge, freaky spider. We have pictues of all the animals we saw in the Media Gallery exept the spider, including shots of iguanas that I was feeding.
The iguanas at the resort in Herradura were easily persuaded to take hibiscus flowers from us, but the wild ones in Manuel Antonio are a different story. I was tempting one with a small piece of banana, when it lunged at me and tried to take the banana and my finger! Luckily, I pulled away quickly, and it only cut my index finger. DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!