17 June, 2006

Tortuguero National Park

Tortuguero is on the Caribbean side of the country. The sand is so soft and fine that our feet sank down several inches as we walked along the beach.
It is a refuge for thousands of sea turtles that return each year to lay eggs along the beach. We didn't see any turtles since it was not quite that time of year, but we saw lots of lizards.
They get 36 feet of rainfall per year.
This is a Jesus Christ lizard. He can walk on water, and runs upright on his back legs.

2 Comments:

At 8:40 AM, Blogger Wendy said...

I believe the "helmeted" lizard is a young basilisk. :-) Lizards are cooooool.

 
At 9:01 AM, Blogger Kerri said...

Oh, thanks!

 

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