an expressive squrrel monkey in the rain forest

[Gato Moteado]

[Walleye]

1. Lovely.What a beautiful creature

[Gato Moteado]

4. it's all fun and games until...

they start crapping on your porch or try to break into your house looking for food. i have to be vigilant about keeping my doors closed. but, yeah, i love them.

one day i was out photographing them from the concrete walkway around my house (the forest starts just meters away) and with me standing right there, a couple of them walked right by me and were looking in through my screen door to see if there was food in the house (i guess) and then this happened...they were so close to me that they were almost within the closest focusing distance of the nikon 500mm PF lens.

[Walleye]

6. Well thay should get a room.

I bet they can be a real nuisance sometimes. Probably pretty resourceful

[Solly Mack]

2. If I lived around such beings, I'd never interact with people.

Well, maybe a little. Otherwise, my husband might get cranky.

Joking aside, I could go a long time in the company of critters and not miss humans.

[Gato Moteado]

3. bring your camera...

...i'll get you within 3 or 4 meters of these guys.

[judesedit]

5. Another beautiful creature. Thank you so much for sharing.

[LakeArenal]

7. My favorite.

Though a Howler baby….

[Gato Moteado]

8. nice!

i posted some adult howler shots...i need to get some baby shots.

you getting a lot of rain these last couple months?

[LakeArenal]

9. Not as much as last year. Not as cool as last year either.

[Gato Moteado]

12. we've been getting hammered on the pacific coast...

...and in the central valley. parts of cartago have been getting hit hard like i've never seen.

[LakeArenal]

13. We see on the news.

No serious landslides. Lake level the highest we’ve ever seen it. We live where we can watch the sail boarding and windsurfing.

[Gato Moteado]

14. ever go fishing in the lake?

[LakeArenal]

16. No one does. Since they introduced tilapia the sport fish have disappeared.

A friend used to guide fishing tours here 30 years but said now no good fish.

We actually see few boats on the lake ever. Sadly.

I think more boats up by Fortuna… maybe.

[Gato Moteado]

18. wow...i didn't realize that.....

...i know tilapia are cichlids but i thought the native cichlids were more aggressive and larger than tilapia. i thought you had guapote and peacock bass.

[LakeArenal]

19. No. Our fishing gear was something we brought with us too.

[Nictuku]

10. I am not a religious person

... but there are times when seeing the beauty and variations of Life, I often think to myself: God is Great! then there is another voice that corrects me: Goddess! Mother! Earth! Life! It is All Good.

Thank you for sharing these stunning photos.

[Gato Moteado]

11. i grew up in a non-practicing catholic household but went to catholic grammar school.....

...i never felt the presence of god in a church but i always feel the presence of god in nature.

[LakeArenal]

15. Yes.

Not Catholic but parents sent me to different Christian Bible schools every summer. It made me less of a believer each year.

In 1975 we wanted to get married outside. We could find only one Methodist that said okay. All the rest said married in Church or god wouldn’t be there.

But God was, right there at that outdoor wedding!!!

Edit to add: God had a great time.

[Gato Moteado]

17. god was there because he feels about churches, ...

...especially these evangelical churches, the same that we do, i imagine.

and yeah, an outdoor party can't be beat.