Cricket

Tiger Heron

This is just a baby chick, which is why its feathers are still fluffy.

Jesus Christ Lizard

This is a Basilisk, also known by its religious nickname due to its ability to run across water for long distances.

Anhinga

The Anhinga is unable to produce the oil that ducks have to make their feathers waterproof. While this often causes the feathers to get waterlogged, making the bird barely buoyant, it allows the Anhinga to dive easily and search for underwater prey, such as fish and amphibians.

Anhinga Bird

The word "Anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means "devil bird" or snake bird.

Northern Jacana

This strange looking bird is easily recognised owing to what looks like a buttercup on his head.

Jacana eggs

Howler Monkey

Caiman

Sir John Mandeville wrote of crocodiles in the 14th century "In that country and by all Iand be great plenty of cockodrills, that is a manner of a long serpent, as I have said before. And in the night they dwell in the water, and on the day upon the land, in rocks and in caves..."

Caiman

"...And they eat no meat in all the winter, but they lie as in a dream, as do the serpents. These serpents slay men, and they eat them weeping;"

Baby Caiman

"and when they eat they move the over jaw, and not the nether jaw, and they have no tongue."- Sir John Mandeville This is said to be where the widespread idea of crocodiles crying for their victims came from (in English language).

Green Iguana

Can you see it?

Caiman

Just the three of us

My friend Gemma came to Costa Rica to visit me and the animals! It made this part of our trip even more special.

Aloe Vera

Lightning

There was a huge thunder storm after our canoe excursion that made us realise how lucky we had been that morning.