are you afraid of the dark?

i have discovered a fear of mine while doing research: the dark. you laugh, but you would be afraid of the dark too if you saw snakes like this at 5am.

juvenile boa constrictor


there are so many bad things that could happen to me in the dark dark forest. i could trip and break my leg (which i almost did-- proven by a contusion to the shin).. i could get eaten by a jaguar.. get mauled by vampire bats.. or be struck down by the branches that capuchins break. mousse hit me with an Anona purperea fruit (huge spiky fruit about the size of a pineapple) on friday.

mousse


A.pur.


anyways so the point is that my fear is legitimate. so before you start cackling relentlessly, bite your tongue and think about how much more legitimate my fear is than yours.

frogs are kind of like puppies...

there are two frogs that live in my shower. shower #3. i've named them puppy and perrito. but today there were not two but THREE frogs in my shower! we had some fun sexy shower time together (they like to watch me while i shower, i like to watch them watch me when i shower.. so it works out.) who knew frogs were such peeping toms?

anyways.. i have had a rough couple of weeks here in santa rosa national park. the rainy season is in full force. i have even had thoughts of quitting.. but then i thought about the frogs. and i CANNOT afford to leave those little puppies behind.

puppy.


perrito.


puppy taking a bath!


perrito, tamara, and i bwushing our teeths.