Marty’s photo of the day #3873: I am holding a velvet swampsnake with one hand and photographing it using the other. This was one of the mellowest snakes I met while in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. Someone from the Yagua tribe brought the snake to our camp, and I traded a T-shirt for it. […]
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Leaf-Mimic Mantis
Only the most . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3837: Only the most dedicated tree huggers need apply. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Man-eating flower
Marty’s photo of the day #3835: One of the giant man-eating flowers* of the Amazon Rainforest. (Photographed in Peru) (*Fact provided by Q, so you know it’s true.)
A girl and her pygmy marmoset
Marty’s photo of the day #3829: This is a Yagua girl and her pygmy marmoset, photographed in a tiny village, deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Amazon Lizard
Monkey frog
Amazon Tree Boa
Rainy season kayaking
Marty’s photo of the day #3782: Visiting the Amazon Rainforest during the rainy season is quite different from visiting during the dry season. I took this photo while kayaking through the rainforest in the rainy season. The water beneath me was at least six feet deep. Had I been in the same spot in the […]
Seed-pod canoe
Marty’s photo of the day #3773: I found this seed pod, creating its own miniature canoe, while exploring the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Giant ceiba borer beetle
Marty’s photo of the day #3713: This is a giant ceiba borer beetle. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Velvety swamp snake
Look closely!
Marty’s photo of the day #3705: Look closely. It’s a walking stick. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Leaf-mimic mantis
Amazon mushrooms
Marty and the monkey frog
So big I . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3669: This cricket (of some sort) crossed my path while backpacking last weekend, and I’m only mildly exaggerating when I say, “It was so big, I almost tripped over it.” I haven’t seen this species before, but it reminds me of some of the alien-looking insects I found in the […]
Smoky jungle frog
Marty’s photo of the day #3650: This is a smoky jungle frog. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
For those upset by . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3584: For the right-wing media and all their racist-cultists followers, who screamed “extortion,” “intimidation,” and worse when the jury convicted cop Derek Chauvin of murder—this photo is for you. Since these creatures live in the Amazon Rainforest, you’ll probably never see one in this life, but if by some chance […]
The golden chrysalis
Marty’s photo of the day #3572: This golden chrysalis will become a clearwing butterfly, named Sally. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.