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October 24, 2018
Waterbuck
Marty’s photo of the day #2695: This is a waterbuck. Photographed in Zimbabwe.
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October 23, 2018
The deadliest snake in the western hemisphere
Marty’s photo of the day #2694: Fer-de-lances are the deadliest snakes in the western hemisphere, but they aren’t the most venomous. Others, such as bushmasters, have venom that is more potent. Fer-de-lances kill more people, because they blend in so well with the leaf litter on the forest floor and readily bite if stepped on (and who could blame them?).
(Photographed in Costa Rica)
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October 22, 2018
Turkey vulture
Marty’s photo of the day #2693: This turkey vulture was perched on a tall cactus, located on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Over approximately twenty minutes, I stealthily approached to get close enough for this shot.
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October 21, 2018
Damn branch!
Marty’s photo of the day #2692: This is one of the many toucan photos I shot while hiking in the Costa Rican rainforest. Photographing birds in the rainforest is difficult, because they are often skittish, and branches, like the one at the bottom of this photo, just love to jump in the way at the last moment.
Consequently, I had to reject this shot for publication in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. Another toucan photo made it, however.
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October 20, 2018
Oh, you’re venomous. Don’t bite!
Marty’s photo of the day #2691: In this photo from Costa Rica, I’m holding a brown blunt-headed vine snake. The snake is rear-fanged-venomous, but not deadly. Besides, why would such a cute little thing want to bite me? Actually, just like the venomous cute little banded coral snake from Borneo that actually did bite me, this one probably couldn’t have broken my skin.
A different photo of this same snake appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
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October 19, 2018
Costa Rican Sunset
Marty’s photo of the day #2690: Sunset in Costa Rica.
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October 18, 2018
Scarlet macaws
Marty’s photo of the day #2689: Photographing scarlet macaws was one of my goals when I was in Costa Rica. I’d often hear the birds, but they stayed out of sight. Then, on my last morning in the country, I was walking the beach and heard their squawking in the distance. I aimed at a gap between the trees and hoped they’d fly for it. Yay! I guessed right.
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October 17, 2018
Borneo’s sensitive plant
Marty’s photo of the day #2688: Here’s a sensitive plant that I photographed in Borneo. Touch the leaves, and they will curl up for a minute.
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October 16, 2018
I’d eat you if I could
Marty’s photo of the day #2687: This is Cub, a semi-wild Canada lynx I had the privilege of photographing in my backyard several years ago. The photo shoot encompassed the entire range of cat emotions, from “I’d eat you if I could” to this one of “I’m bored now. Wake me up when it’s time to go home.”
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October 15, 2018
Pig-tailed macaque
Marty’s photo of the day #2686: This is a pig-tailed macaque. Photographed on the island of Borneo.
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