El Viejo Wetlands, Costa Rica

[sury]

Some Fauna from a trip to El Viejo Wetlands on river Tempisque. It is a privately owned reserve open to public.



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[sury]

These are bats, if you can believe it.



And this is not a bat.





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[Kalainen]

Pretty nice lizard shots! I wonder what is the round thing at the throat with the first two ones? Looks like the alligators are pretty good hiding. Looking at them, I always seem to think about how they say that lizards don't have emotions at all. Difficult to say, Descartes used to claim, while operating a living dog, that dogs don't experience pain at all - it's all just mechanics..

-Toni

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[sury]

Thank you Toni. Nice observation about the round thing. I have no idea.

Sury

[the_hefay]

I was wondering the same thing about that round spot. If you wouldn't have identified that one picture as being bats, I would've though insects. However, now that I know they are bats I can see how they are hanging just like the ones around here and as most other bats do I suppose. They appear to only be about an inch long. How big (or small) where they?

[sury]

Jeff,
About an inch. They were real small. I would not have noticed either if the guide did not point to them.

Sury

[Pitter]

Nice collection of creatures and great photos of them. The round spot on the iguanas is the subtympanic shield. It's function is unclear. Boy I didn't realize those are bats either. I thought they were some kind of insect.

[sury]

Thank you Pitter for your comments and for the explanation.

Sury