A toucan tree:
This is a Common Agouti. Although it looks like a rodent, it's closest relatives are actually bunnies and hares.
Tree salamanders mating:
The night tour kicked into high gear when the sun went fully down. When we were in the parking lot of the jungle park, someone yelled that a sloth has been spotted inside. I cracked a joke that since it's a sloth, we don't have to rush. But boy was I mistaken. These things can really move when they want to. By the time we got there, it was making its way up a tree:
Another denizen of the night - a tarantula. It is actually blind, but it responds to vibrations on the ground:
We also saw a venomous viper:
This is an insect - but pretty well camouflaged as a leaf!
Inside the jungle of Carara National Park, we saw some bats. This is the white ghost bat:
This is a different one, but found in the same park:
These bats were pretty well hidden on the tree bark:
The next set of pictures were taken at The Bat Jungle exhibit near Monteverde:
After a night tour, time for dinner! What better place than a restaurant inside a canopy of a huge tree:
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