Moon, Monkeys and me at midnight

Friday was interesting. I was about to post a thread here and the power went out.

I got up from the office and got the flashlight and candles. Then I rolled some joints and went outside.

That is when the monkeys told me of the coming storm.

I was bored so I got my video camera out and recorded 10 minutes of video.

You cant see the monkeys. All you can see is the moon and the clouds.

But you can hear the monkeys and we did have one hell of a rainstorm.

Nothing special, just sharing 10 minutes of my midnight in the jungle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-LGxu_U7lA



Edit I just added a video on what the little things (Howler Monkeys) look like. It is about 2 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUEH-VzcvNc

 

Veny pretty soothing sounds...whats with the roaring? are those the monkeys?

 

That is so ominous and beautiful. Do you ever get scared of anything in the jungle? Wild animals? Any wild encounters?

 

Those are Howler monkeys. The little things put out a huge sound.

I posted another youtube video. This one is when the monkeys are not howling. I am working on getting more video.

Here is the link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUEH-VzcvNc

Usually things happen so fast it is more like you react instantly and then go "WTF just happened here?".

The Tommy Hawk snake that was on a Banana leaf and jumped at me was kind of strange...after it happened.(Tommy Hawk= Fer de Lance snake).

I have been walking at night and every now and then I know I am being watched by something.

There was a definite predator that was scoping me out when I was on the porch at night a few weeks ago. I heard it approach and I could feel it scanning me either to determine if I was a threat, or a potential dinner.

So yes, life is interesting here. The only reason I thrive here is because I know I am the ultimate predator. I also know in one second I could turn into the pray.

A Cougar was killed in the area close to here last week.

The Rain forest has such amazing beauty but it also has incredible cruelty and indifference.

Just another day in Paradise...

 

"The fer-de-lance is the most dangerous snake of Central and South America, and causes more human deaths than any other American reptile. On average, a fer-de-lance injects 105mg of venom in one bite, although a venom yield of up to 310mg has been recorded while milking them. The fatal dose for a human is 50mg."

Holy fuck. That's scary.