Creepy Crawlers

Just a few more before I move on to something else:

Spider waiting to capture its prey in the jungle

This fellow (and I am sure some of his friends) freely moved in and out of our room through gaps in the structure.



The Agouti ,  a big tailess rat-like creature all over the jungle, including running around outside our room.

The Coatis, a raccoon-like animal with an exceptionally long tail!

Wild turkeys with their warty heads abounded here.  Pretty coloring, though!

What we never saw, though heard clearly, were the howler monkeys.  Both at dusk (well, okay, so it was pitch black) while we were fumbling our way out of the jungle ruins, and the next dawn as we crept back in, the howlers were letting all know they were there with their ferocious roars!  I kid you not, they sound just like the mighty lion, the King of the Jungle!  It was truly incredible!  We also never saw any puma or jaguars that reside in the jungle, and forunately didn't run into any boa constictors, coral or rattle snakes while there.  Both the white tail and the red deer also call the jungle their home.