When you spend all your time in the city, it is easy to forget some of the marvelous things that God has created. Last Saturday we visited the Belize Zoo. We got there early (9am) so it was relatively cool and almost all of the animals were active and visible. To me, beautiful animals such as these are all evidence of an incredible Designer.
This is a Black Howler Monkey. We have a lot of them near Jaguar Creek, and often hear them in the night. They make a sound that is hard to describe...if we didn't know it was just coming from a monkey we'd be terrified!
Belize has a wonderful variety of birds. Here are two; the Keel-billed Toucan, and the Scarlet Macaw (below). The Macaw is a 3 foot long parrot which unfortunately has been subjected to a lot of habitat destruction and also capture to be used as pets.
Can't have birds without cats. This Jaguar seemed very relaxed laying on this branch about 30 feet off the ground.
This one is an Ocelot. He is quite a bit smaller than a Jaguar, but would be a giant among house cats.
Two more animals that seemed very relaxed; an American Croc, and these Lesser Anteaters. I wish I could have got a picture of one of the anteater's tongues; they were amazingly long and fast!
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