therealchrisnutter’s posterous

Please pardon as usual the lack of photos that I actually took; I forgot the chord that connects the camera to the computer.

There are so many interesting sights around... Turn a corner and something skitters away.

Iguanas are an obvious place to start. There is an enormous old tree in front of the bunch of cabinas I have been in. The tree is covered with thorns, some the size of a thimble or bigger, and is riddled with cracks and fissures the iguanas call home. They skitter off if they are far enough away when they see you, but if they are a little late in noticing our approach, they pause, move, pause, move.

The other night at the bar, before the evening crunch rolled in, Lis made a big fuss. A toad the size of a large grapefruit was cruising around... It was eventually shooed back into the neighboring bushes and the forest right beyond.

I was sitting in the hammock reading the other day, minding my own business, when I saw one of htese guys come sniffing around. It got about four feet away from me in my sling... It is bigger than a cat and smaller than a dog, and is a relative of a racoon. It is an omnivore and I am sure loves human garbage. It is called a pisote.

Geckoes are of course a regular sight, and they munch on insects in my room.

As are these guys, regular pals.

There are endless types of butterflies.

I seem to see new kings every day.

The variety of form and color are amazing.

A fun thing around here are the howler monkeys. Their call is deep and resonates. It sounds like a jet taking off, or the low gurgle of water, or a low low baritone belch, all rolled into one. They roll around the treetops in family groups collecting food, with the babies hitching rides, and their long tails wrapped around branches for extra support.

One strange thing is that some of the monkeys, usually larger ones, have this strange habit of carrying around what looks like a full clove of garlic in a silk bag right near the tail. I´ve not figured this one out, but have heard that local biologist might be doing some sort of population tracking study.