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Drude and I were neighbors when she lived in Panama and we used to go on hikes on the weekends. Both of us liked to take pictures of any wildlife we came across. These are from a hike we took in Parque Metropolitano (the city park in Panama City) in April 2006.
I'm working from memory to identify the wildlife, but actually going back and looking it up will probably result in me never posting the pictures so if anyone wants to help out, just leave a comment and I'll go back and edit.
A Coati (AKA Gato Solo) ran out in front of us and I snapped this picture. Fortunately/unfortunately I had the flash on, thus the devil eyes effect. OTOH it's pretty dark under the trees so I probably wouldn't have gotten the pic at all without it.
I'm not sure of the name of these butterflies, but they are incredibly common on the trail that runs close to the road - there must be some plant there that they like.
This green Iguana ran across the trail directly in front of us - I was incredibly lucky to get a picture - these guys are FAST.
These flowers were littering the trail under the tree they came from. That's Drude's hand by the way.
We were walking up a particularly steep trail when movement out of the corner of my eye alerted me to the presence of this little guy. I had to stand really still for a while before he (she?) got up the courage to stick out more than his nose. So Cute!
He's a baby Neque (AKA Agouti). I didn't see her, but his mom must have been near by.
I have no idea what kind of wasps these are - but they didn't seem at all bothered by me getting real close to take the picture.
If you ever wondered where Cashews came from it's from fruits like this. Actually it's the green part that's the fruit - the cashew "nut" is inside. The red part is actually a "pseudo-fruit." Thats as technical as I'll get with plants - there's a reason I study genetics in animals. In Spanish it's known as marañon and the juice is very tasty.
