"just passing through ... hey, what's this?"

[asakiyume]

A friend who has ties to Honduras told me it was okay to post and share this compilation video from trail cams set up in the rainforests there to take a wildlife census. The organization paying for it is Bosques del Mundo--apparently until now there's been no study, to speak of, of wildlife in Honduras.

The video is delightful, especially the animals that investigate the camera (especially the ocelot near the end), and the baby peccary that turns to face down someone coming up behind him. Enjoy!

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Comments

[pameladean]

This is so great! I don't recognize so many of those animals, and then suddenly, like the world conquerors that they are, gray squirrels! P.

[asakiyume]

Amazing to think they can be comfortable in both the snowy climes of northern USA ... and also the rainforests of Honduras!

[pameladean]

They are clever little burglars.

I loved the dark animal with the white head. I need to look it up.

P.

[asakiyume]

I believe that one is a mustelid--I looked him up, because yes, what a cool-looking creature!

The first one, the jaguarundi, is also very curious/appealing to me. It's a cat that looks like a mustelid! I had heard of it only thanks to the children's picture book As I Was Crossing Boston Common, an alphabet book featuring a parade of 26 lesser-known animals.

[yamamanama]

I like the tapir casually munching on some leaves.

[asakiyume]

He really looks so chill and at peace, doesn't he? Very placid!

[queenoftheskies]

That is AWESOME!

[asakiyume]

It's a lot of fun to watch them all!

[lilysea]

Thank you for sharing this! ^_^

[asakiyume]

It's my pleasure!

[heleninwales]

Such a rich variety of bird and animal life! Thank you for sharing.

[asakiyume]

My pleasure! I wanted to share sooner, but I didn't want to pip Bosques del Mundo at the post if they were going to post it... but they haven't, and it's been months, and my friend said it was okay to post it, so....!

[amaebi]

Amazing. Thank you!

[asakiyume]

You're very welcome!

[zdenka]

That was really cool! So many cute baby animals! The ocellated turkey's display was great. I loved it when the ocelot came over to sniff the camera.

[asakiyume]

That was my favorite part too--so cute!

[rimturse]

So many different species! And of course, ha!, you can trust the cats to be nosy about the cameras. :p

[asakiyume]

So many! And yes, curiosity extends to all types of cat, it seems!

[cafenowhere]

That was a lot of fun! I enjoyed watching for the animals you mentioned. It seems that baby peccaries have an instinctive hop to look behind them. Who goes there?!

[asakiyume]

So adorable: a combination of bravado and wariness that is charming.

[mourningdove333]

I love it and I shared it with my friend! She really loves it too.

[asakiyume]

I'm so glad! I held off on posting it for a long time because I thought that the organization might post it, but they didn't, and it's so marvelous, I really hope a lot of people see it.