Marty’s photo of the day #4185: Here’s a photo from my second trip to the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. This is me with the coolest frog in the rainforest—a monkey frog. My wife, Deb, gets credit for this photo.
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Evening along the Amazon
Saying “hi”
Dwarf caiman
Harlequin frog (likely)
Marty’s photo of the day #4070: I photographed this frog in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. Identifying this frog has been troublesome. I found a few matches on the internet, captioned as a “harlequin frog,” so that’s what I’m going to call it. If the ID is correct, this is a variety of poison dart […]
Green iguana
Hello Mr. Anaconda
Marty’s photo of the day #4033: “Well, hello Mr. Anaconda!” I photographed this anaconda in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. His cloudy eyes indicate that he will shed his skin in a few days.
Poison dart frog
Iquitos town square
Marty’s photo of the day #4025: This is the town square of Iquitos, Peru. Shot at night, using the infrared setting on my camera.
Yagua boys where . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3998: Yagua boys, in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. There, they and their families live among poisonous snakes, giant spiders, jaguars, and piranhas—and no one is so baby-ass-insecure that they feel the need to own an assault rifle for “personal protection.”
Blending in
Whip-scorpion photo shoot
Marty’s photo of the day #3978: For the cover of the first edition of my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, my wife, Deb, took over two hundred photos of me with tailless whip-scorpions crawling up my face. Even though we switched covers after the first edition sold out, traveling back […]
Leaf-mimic katydid
Poison dart frog and tadpoles
Marty’s photo of the day #3955: Poison dart frog, carrying tadpoles in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Monkey frog
Leaf-mimic mantis
Amazon River floodplain
Rainy season kayaking
Marty’s photo of the day #3924: Deb and I traveled to the Amazon Rainforest of Peru twice—once in the dry season and once in the rainy season. I shot this photo while kayaking through the forest in the rainy season. The water below my kayak was roughly four feet deep. If I were in the […]
The finer points of bubble blowing
Marty’s photo of the day #3910: For anyone who could use a happy picture today, this is my wife, Deb Essen, introducing Yagua children to the finer points of bubble blowing. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
A frog with character
Marty’s photo of the day #3906: This Amazon Rainforest frog has so much character. At one time I had the species identified, but I can’t seem to find it this morning. We’ll just call him Fred. (Photographed in Peru)