Peru 2015 - Caiman

I guess when you eat dirty fish your entire life, mud doesn’t taste quite so bad.

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White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides)

Thankful not to be a turkey.

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Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Thankful that time exists, so that artificial narratives may be imposed upon a chaotic and capricious world.

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Peru 2015 - Throwback Thursday

In the Amazon, there is a high- and a low-water season. In the low water season, the water flow is much slower and it comes from much nearer than the mountain highlands. This means that the water where we were is poorly oxygenated, so the fish swim to the surface to get the oxygen they need. This results in rivers of fish within rivers of mud. A cornucopia of fish, if you will.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Green Araçari (Pteroglossus viridis)

Thankful that the carbon-12 nucleic resonance is 7.6 million electron-volts, but somewhat bothered at the anthropocentric bias of the theory.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Thankful for (and looking for) all the ladies.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana)

Thankful for the feast.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.