Monday, May 23, 2011

Animals of Amazonia



Luckily, this monkey is on the right side of the fence!
Amazon Animal Orphanage and Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is on the banks of the Amazon near Iquitos. The place started as a butterfly farm but once it was established  orphaned and injured animals started to arrive .. some monkey friendly .. others not



Hmmm - guess that could have been me!




Photos of anacondas are one thing...


but watching them wrap around you is quite another...
Thommo wrestling with an Anaconda !


Capybarys




Now Thommo thinks he's a pirate!

Snuggling Sloths is quite a new experience!
Check out these movies - they really are in slo-mo!
Here's another ...they have a certain similarity to ET.











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