This spider monkey reminded me of myself. On the many days I am depressed, alone among friends (this one was in the Belize Zoo). He or she looks old, maybe a little ill too. But the eyes, told me all. The photo is from… Continue Reading “Is there something wrong with me?”
Category: Environment, I think.., Philosophy, Photography, TravelogueTags: Animals, Belize, depression, Eyes, human, human nature, loneliness, long limbs, Monkeys, nature, Nature photography, New world monkeys, Photography, Spider monkey, wildlife
To celebrate my finally registering the domain name, something I am still proud of naming, I will write about something simple yet complicated: how people devised to use plants as medicine has always fascinated me. While no doubt Ayurvedic medicine is perhaps the most… Continue Reading “Maya medicine”
Category: Environment, Photography, Science, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Antidotes, Aphrodisiac, Bacat tree, Bay cedar fruits, Belize, Cahoon nut, Copal, Gumbo-Limbo, Herbs, Hibiscus, Lamanai Lodge, Natural medicine, Nopal cactus, Santa Maria, Snake bite antidotes
Posted on March 16, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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Here are some of the birds we saw in CR, these look like they were in the middle of a thought..
Category: Environment, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: birding, Birding tour, birds, Boat-billed heron, Bright-rumped attila, Costa Rica, Crested Guan, Emerald toucanette, Endangered birds, Great Curassow, Green Honeycreeper, Green kingfisher, Green violetear hummingbird, Herons, Honeycreepers, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Laughing Falcon, Nature tour, Northern Jacana, Olive throated parrot, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Rarely seen, Trogons, tropical birds, Vulnerable birds, Wildlife photography, Woodpeckers
There are thousands of species of butterflies in Costa Rica. Apparently 90% of the butterflies of Central and South America can be found there! Photographed beautifully by many photographers. The number of blue morphos that accompanied us down and up every trail we… Continue Reading “Where butterflies come from: CR and caterpillars”
Category: Environment, PhotographyTags: Blue Morpho, Butterflies, Butterfly center, cocoon, Costa Rica, flowers, Malachite, Monteverde, nature, Owl butterfly, Pupae, Spines, swallowtail butterfly, wildlife