Sloth!

Last night as we were driving home from my birthday dinner, we happened to see a van parked on the side of the road with a guy shining a flashlight into the trees. We poked our heads out the window and saw that it was a sloth in the tree. We quickly parked the car at our house and ran down the road to see if he was still hanging around. We knew that the sloth doesn't move that fast, but believe it or not, when it has a flashlight shining on him, he is pretty motivated to get away! The locals have hung a rope across the road to keep a continuous path for the sloth to cross the road safely. He was hanging out right near that rope. Our landlord said that they cared for an injured sloth in their home. One day he disappeared so he must have recovered!

We had been looking for sloths since our arrival. I am certain that there are plenty hanging around but only visible to the trained eye. We can add the sloth to the varied wildlife that we have seen so far: howler monkey, toucan, coatimundi, agouti, respendant quetzal, and the morpho butterfly among others. Monkeys will often be making a racket in the morning and we can hear them in the trees nearby. We sure have enjoyed spotting these creatures!