Local Wildlife
Another parrot. This one is a pet of our neighbors, and speaks Spanish almost non-stop throughout the day, sounding earily like a young Panamanian child talking to itself.
Amanda, being attacked by a ferociously massive butterfly in front of our house. This lasted for at least 10 minutes.
Another shot of the unquenchable beast.
A friendlier, and to Amanda´s delight, furrier animal of the Panamanian jungle, a baby rabbit-type thing. The animal was delivered to us by our host family after seeing pictures of Amanda´s former pet rat. They figured it would be a good idea to provide us with another, similar experience, but it unfortunately died a few days later, probably from many causes.
An appx. 7-ft. boa constricter found in the jungle only about 100 yards or so from the house. While not big enough to kill a human, it could probably take out any medium-sized animal with no problem.
A blurry action-shot of the same snake. True to form, our host-father crushed its head with a machete soon afterwards, allowing us only a few photos. Point made: snakes not welcome near the house.
posted by brian&amanda @ 11:16 AM
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I've got a funny story about a rather large boa. When I was stationed in Panama I went running in the training area with my dog. It was raining as usual. I Saw a big log on the side of the road and realized last minute it wasn't a log but a large boa. My Dog came up, sniffed it, releaved herself on what she thought was a log and kept right on going. It's hard to run when you're holding your breath.
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