Everyone knows that beavers live in lodges, but few people realize that many otters have managed to find rent-controlled apartments.
Images
Peru 2015 – Caiman
This was taken at night with the assistance of a flash unit. It’s a bit too on-axis for my taste, but there was little maneuverability in a skiff so you have to take when you can get.
Wolf
Even though they’re pretty big, these wolves are still puppies.
Peru 2015 – Manatee
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.
Prairie Dog performing Titus Andronicus
Reach me thy hand, that I may help thee out;
Or, wanting strength to do thee so much good,
I may be pluck’d into the swallowing womb
Of this deep pit, poor Bassianus’ grave.
Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
Apparently you can get feathers wrapped around your tongue while preening.
Peru 2015 – Kingfisher
Geez. Another kingfisher. Sure are a lot of them in Peru.
Bearded Dragon (Pogona)
It had taken weeks to craft, working in secret every night when all others had fled to their burrows to hide from the night. It had taken months to gather the gems, and years to discover the potions and master the technique of melting the gems together. But at long last, the globe was done. Tonight, he would finally rest.
Tomorrow, he would risk it all, and try to steal fire from the sun.
Garden
A normal-vision view of the same garden I posted earlier in infrared.
Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
Before I went to Peru, I decided to my new lens on a few test runs. This was my first trip to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. I wanted to go there because, in a single visit, I could see every species of crane that exists on the planet. Being able to test my lens was just a bonus.
Being able to see the texture on the iris of a crane was what made me think that I was probably going to keep that lens.
Peru 2015 – Marmoset
Another shot from the manatee rescue center, again not of a manatee. Still, the rescued marmoset was in good light so I forgive it.
Wolves
We’ve all had days like this … on both sides.
Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)
Sometimes lizards get their scaling efforts mixed up.
Mudskipper (Periophthalmini)
“Sure. Just sit there and breathe the air like it’s no big deal. SOME OF US AREN’T SO PRIVILEGED.”
Peru 2015 – Black Collared Hawk
This is a photo of the tongue of a black collared hawk, conveniently still attached to the hawk itself.
Bird
When they get bashful, some birds hide behind themselves.
Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
Many of the bends you see in branches are made by heavy frogs.
Peru 2015 – Great Egrets
They are of a feather, after all.
Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus)
She may not have the same superpowers as the rest of the team, but she can hold her own.
Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris)
Fish can only swim into a moray in one direction.