Costa Rica

Male Brown throated three toed sloth - Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. The brown throated tree sloth is primarily aboreal, returning to the ground once a week to defecate in a hole that it digs with its tail. It has a slow metabolism and spends much of its time hanging upside down from the trees. Its front legs are longer than its hind legs. Its outer layer of fur is very coarse and stiff and overlays a much softer layer of dense under-fur. The hairs of the outer layer of fur have numerous microscopic cracks across their surface in which algae lives. This accounts for the green tint when viewed up close. AIMG_0634

Swarm - Monteray Del Mar, Costa Rica. I did not want to get close enough to see what type of insects they were. AIMG_0593

Frog - Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. AIMG_0598

Female Golden Orb Weaver Spider - Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. These spiders are known for the zigzag patterns (stabilimenta) in their webs. The females usually eat their mate AIMG_0602

Carara National Park, Costa Rica AIMG_0541

Neotropic Cormorant - Carara National Park, Costa Rica AIMG_0544

Great blue heron - Rio Tarcoles in Carara National Park, Costa Rica AIMG_0547

Black-bellied whistling ducks. These ducks are unusual in that they like to nest in hollow trees. AIMG_0529

Seen in Carara National Park, Costa Rica. AIMG_0513