Boaz & the baby goat who died along with all of our neighbor’s goats (about 7 in total) a few weeks ago from a virus. 

The kids love to catch frogs of all sizes and colors...this one we found near the apartment we stayed in while in the big city.

Our jungle home is a butterfly collectors dream.   I wish we had more pictures of all the beautiful varieties we see.

Lots of spiders in our house...big harmless ones with lanky legs.

Often the neighborhood boys bring Boaz little birds that are hurt and can’t fly anymore (they are too little to be eaten).

We’ve gone to the beach twice and we love to order fresh fish from the ocean for dinner.  The large one here is almost 2 foot long.  The fish in the streams near out house don’t get nearly as big, but still it is a favorite among the Baka.

Boaz plucked and roasted this yellow weaver bird over the fire, with the help of a Baka pre-teen boy.  This is a tasty snack, and the Baka kids keep their slingshots handy to kill birds like these. 

We aren’t sure what kind of animal this is.  The Baka use the French word for “hare” for this animal.  It looks like a cross between a small antelope and a hare.  They say it has very powerful hind legs.

Meet Mr. Hedgehog (upper) and Mr. Porcupine (lower).  These are animals that are commonly caught in traps and make a great meal for a family.

Grub worms.  Yum.  The only food that we know of that Nathan is allergic to (we found that out shortly after we arrived here in country!).  I wish we all had that excuse!

Asher is a bit upset at the strange looking creature that was placed on his arm.  It is a baby bat.  It’s so funny looking and has enormous ears for its size.

It’s common when traveling to see 1 or 2 men driving a group of 10-30 cattle down the road.  They sell some of them to be butchered in town. 

We believe this is a crowned monkey, the aunt or uncle to our Kemi (see below).  This hunter shot it in the forest and tied its tail around its neck and is wearing him back home.  Often they can sell monkeys like this to travelers along the road for a good price (about $6). 

This is a pangolin, a type of anteater.  It reminds us a little of an armadillo because it can roll up in to a ball and has protective scales covering it’s body

There are many variety of large birds here in the jungle.  Often we can hear them, but not see them.  The boys have quite an exotic feather collection from birds like this one.

We see all kinds of brightly colored lizards here.  They creep me out how fast they can run and how they can hide just about any where.

Our cat brought this striped mouse to our doorstep.  The Baka said that she must have found the mouse very deep in the forest because it was a jungle mouse. 

This is our Kemi.  She was brought to us when she was just a few days old.  Nathan couldn’t resist keeping her.  She was wounded by the bullet that killed her mother.  The Baka sometimes call her “Kema te bongo” and laugh (monkey with clothes) because we keep her in a diaper so as not to have a mess! 

In French the local folks call this a Chat-tigre (cat-tiger).  It’s apparently a really quick and dangerous animal...maybe like a bobcat. 

This baby monkey is almost totally black with a cute white nose.  We’ve had a number of this particular kind offered to us as pets.  This one was big enough to be away from his Mama (who was shot by hunters), but still too little to survive on his own.

Every once-in-a-while we come across a chameleon.  The Baka are afraid of them (there are some kinds that have horns and hiss, so maybe this is the cause of the fear).  This guy is slowly swallowing a huge blue and black butterfly. 

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