Today's our last day in Monteverde, and Mike wanted to do something, anything, that didn't cost an arm and a leg. Last night he went on a night walk (we decided to save money and stay in) and he saw a baby sloth - and it's face!! I was livid :(
The only thing we found to do was the Butterfly and Frog Garden ($21). We had a little tour with a lady, and she showed us some amazing things. I thought of my wonderful godmother & friend - Ruth and Illa a lot. Wow, butterflies aren't just pretty fluttery things, they have evolved some highly detailed and fantastic patterns to evade predators, get mates and blend into the environment. They were in cages, so it was a little hard to photograph them, but we really enjoyed it and learnt a lot. Here is a photo 'tribute':
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| A butterfly on my head, it's good lucky I hear. |
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| Pretty patterns. |
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| Zebra Butterfly. |
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| This is my favourite species - it looks like an owl! |
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| The female. |
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| The Morpho, it's so blue and beautiful, but you can never capture it on camera when it's flying! |
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| See anything special? |
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| It has adapted to look like a snakes head to scare predators. Fantastic! |
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| The red-eyed tree frog, just waking up from it's siesta! |
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| Pura Vida! The flagship spcies for Costa Rica posing perfectly for us! |
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| Big fat toad that dogs get high on and go crazy for. |
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| Blue jeans poison dart frog. Not a great quality picture, but a pretty and deadly little guy. |
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| There he is in his favourite place, inside a bromelia. |
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| And this little guy, cute tree frog relaxing on the leaf. |
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