Scarlet Macaw communing with Janet. These birds roam free and must like the free food and security here. They squawk all the time like crotchety curmudgeons anyway.
Peccary; about 80 cm long & up to 20 kg. These chappies move around in packs of up to 300 in the wild and can be noisy and aggressive. One guide says the best defense is to climb a tree.
Nothing like a good snooze in the sun in the mud with your fellow peccaries.
A lioness snoozing in midday with a black vulture creeping around looking for insects (even off the lion's back when it rolled over).
Snoozing crocodile. His eyes don't sleep though and his sharp white teeth speak of diligent dental hygiene.
Trail through the reserve.
Banana tree with full-sized fruit. We understand that after each bunch of bananas grows, the tree dies and falls over, and a new one springs up along side.
Banana spider. These hairy-legged fellows are over 2 inches long. Good to watch out for when plucking at bananas in the forest.
Baird's tapir. This one was about 1.5 m long and had a broad mouth, small teeth and big floppy lips. This is Central America's largest land mammal and is much-sought after by hunters.
The rescue facility has a breeding program for Tapirs.
The diminutive Agouti - a small rodent-like animal running free in the reserve. This guy was growling at us just after we entered, so we didn't hang around long.
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