Thursday, 7 May 2009

Venezuelan Wildlife (and elsewhere)

No condors, no pumas (unlike the woman near Machu Picchu who claimed she'd seen 2 condors and a puma but hadnt taken a photo ("But she's a liar. and I'm not sure about you" to misquote the lovely Kirsty MacColl))but we saw one of these,

and this during a power cut in Puerto Ayacucho

On the Orinoco, there were a few of these, who stood, sentinel-like, on their own rocks.

There were also butterflies on the river, and I caught this in flight (it's a bit dark, sorry)
In Caracas, the squiggles are black

At Machu Picchu there was this funny looking rabbit (apparently a chinchilla)

And a Pushmepullyou.
The little one heard me say "mmm Alpaca sweater" and ran away

5 comments:

NigelH said...

How cruel!

omally said...

For a veggie you can be a bit of a git sometimes ;-)

Claire said...

Did you bring me one of the funny bunnies back?

Claire said...

we always yel mint sauce at the lambs near our house....they also run :)

snowqueen said...

that butterfly photo is utterly awesome - it's even got a shadow!! I love it so much - can I please have a copy?

Glad you got back safe and sound and had a good time