• The night safari

    October 26, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 33 °C

    After the dinner, we went out to the jungle again for a night trek. It was pitch datka nd besides the cacophony of sounds from the insects and some birds there was complete silence.
    We saw a huge spider spinning its web right next to the path. Miguel told us that it was an extremely poisonous species.
    Then we saw some baby caymens in the lake nearby, their eyes shining in the glow of the torchlight being reflected by their eyes. Miguel managed to catch one of them amd we took turns holding it to feel the skin before releasing it back into the lake.
    During the trek, we also saw a poisonous bull frog. It is quite huge,almost as big as a palm of the hand. Wr also saw a green poison dart frog which has poison on its skin. The indigenous people use the poison to make their darts more dangerous when hunting.
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