Saturday, August 8, 2009

It doesn't get old. . .

Spotting wildlife here at the hotel, which is nice . . . I suppose if it did, then we'd grow bored and wouldn't enjoy things down here as much. . .
Recently, we've had a great run of sloth sightings very close to the hotel. . . Sloths are not the easiest of critters to spot, as they don't move very much, and when they do, it is truly painfully slow. . . Of late, we've had several sloths down by the front gate and one near tree house No. 3. . . On two consecutive mornings, all of the guests and us were down at the gate watching a mama sloth and her baby on the left side of the driveway, and a male on the right side. . . The mama and her baby got down to about 8 feet off the ground at one point, before they stretched out (excruciatingly slowly, of course) and the baby climbed off the back of the mother, and reached out on its own, as the small branch they were using wasn't strong enough to support both of them at the same time. . .

While that was going on, there was a male that decided to descend from his lofty perch on the other side of the driveway. . . He also came down pretty low, before stretching over to another tree. . .

Since the sloths don't move fast, we were able to spot them for 3-4 days in a row, though they got progressively farther away from the driveway. . . They take on a greenish tint, growing mold and fungus on their fur, which makes them even harder to spot. . .

We've had great monkey sightings as well. . . Two young males have been swinging around the hotel and between No. 1 and 3, dropping branches and making a mess in the driveway. . . One couple drove up to check in, and the monkeys started dropping leaves and branches on their rental car. . .

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