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What is it? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
Normally with the Wii? competition, I know what it is, but this time I don't. We saw this high in a tree in Los Llanos, Venezuela, and I thought it was an anteater, but the guide said it wasn't. Any i...
Butterfly in slow motion, Venezuela 26 Aug 2013 | 01:58 pm
First experiment in extracting individual frames from a butterfly in flight:
Dolphins in Venezuela 25 Aug 2013 | 03:04 am
I was so excited to see this dolphin in a river in Venezuela: But now I read you can see them in UK rivers too! Here
Eagle in Los Llanos 22 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
Another close up of an eagle in Los Llanos. Again, filming from a jeep allows you to get much closer than walking. I"ve often wondered why birds are more spooked by people than big noisy cars.
The joy of Haozins 21 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
Ah, this is something really special. We took a boat out into the flooded plains of Los Llanos, and you get to see birds that you can"t get close to any other way. The Hoatzin is a bizarre bird in man...
And anocondas 20 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
Blimey, they had to wade into the water to catch this huge anoconda, with nothing but a forked stick.
Wresting with Caimen, er caiman. caimans? 19 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
They promised us wrestling with caimans and anacondas on this safari I"ve just come back from. I assumed they would be in a pool or something, and they"d get them out for the tourist photos, but no, w...
Jabiru in Los Llanos 18 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
Wow, this beauty was on my wish list of birds, and helped make the horrendous 12 hour trip to Los Llanos worthwhile. It"s a Jabiru, the tallest flying bird of South America (around 4.5 feet tall) and ...
Last posts from Venezuela 18 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
Great, I found another internet cafe. It"s horribly noisy, and you can hardly read the letters on the keyboard, but at least I"ve got my memory stick with me this time. Thanks to Nick for pointing o....
I´m back again 16 Aug 2013 | 10:43 pm
I´m just back from 4 days in the wild and wonderful plains of central Venezuela, Los Llanos. Lots to share, but I forgot to bring my stick with me to the internet cafe :-( . normal service resumed so...
