Manatees can come up out of the water.

Just not very far.

This was the best shot I got of the dolphins. I spent a *lot* of time trying to get a good shot and, along the way, learned a lot about auto-focus modes and ways to speed up the camera. I took probably a thousand shots of the water and maybe 500 shots of dolphins in the water, and maybe 10 that are decent.

The problem is that the water is opaque and the dolphins don’t play with the wake like they do in the ocean. So you don’t know where they are until they’ve come up and are on the way down. If you’re lucky, you get one that repeats itself so you can get a good shot on the second go, but I was not so fortunate. I’m just glad that his show shows the beak and the pink colour. Most of the rest I got were of the younger grey dolphins.

Another marmoset shot under extremely difficult conditions. However, the shot is good enough that you can see how monkeys start out as a big monkey-shaped blob and then slowly diminish to nothingness as you reach the other end.

Also at the manatee rescue center, but not a turtle or marmoset. Taken with the underwater camera that I hardly ever use, but there are still some circumstances under which it is useful.

Another shot from the manatee rescue center, again not of a manatee. Still, the rescued marmoset was in good light so I forgive it.

In America, land of the rich, bats live in attics and barns. In Peru, the economy is so bad bats have to cling to trees that are under water half of the year.