THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THE FROGS COME OUT! “Is that what I really look like?” (The frog says this to himself as he stares into my camera lens.) I will never forget the night I took this photo. It was just my friend and myself hiking through the Everglades...
LONG NECK? MOTHER, WHAT’S A LOOONG-NECK? Good Morning everyone! This male Galapagos Tortoise I had the pleasure to hand feed was voracious. He was even trying to eat my camera. This one alone downed two full bushels of greens in about a minute. When I was...
GO BABY GO! This feisty little ripper is a very young yellow rat snake. Hatchlings are light gray with darker gray square patterns across the back. This contrast helps to break up the outline of the animal so birds don’t see the shape of a snake when they look...
BEST ANIMAL DAY EVER! Today I went free diving with sharks on the day of a solar eclipse. They were hot and spicy, teeth and fins everywhere! They are not aggressive creatures, but I was swimming around a large group of them near the bait crate, and I was able to...
GARTER NOT GARDEN! I found this thick Eastern Garter snake looking for an exit inside the bathroom very early this morning. There is a gorgeous blue hint you can see all the way down the sides of this snake. This species is ovoviviparous which means the mother will...
THE BLACK DEATH! That is the accurate nickname of the infamous yet beautiful Black Mamba. Being one of the fastest moving, and one of the longest venomous snakes in the world, it earns itself an ominous reputation. This snake has been the subject of many African myths...
I SEE YOU! Look at those compound eyes. All dragonfly species have excellent vision, the eyes are made from several thousand connected facets all packed together. Also called ommatidia, the elements that make up their eyes are hexagonal in shape, which gives the eyes...
CROCS RULE! This massive animal has traveled from a rescue in Jamaica, that he was brought to for drowning and consuming cattle. Then was brought to Homestead Florida, and now he resides in a beautiful large enclosure at Zoo Miami with his gorgeous female. Talk about...
TIGER BATH! Cheeky the female Bengal Tiger is being very playful and enjoying the flowing water getting a drink and at the same time cooling off. She resides at the awesome animal rescue where I learned how to maneuver around giant reptiles. It’s the Everglades...
In this photo, you see a Leopard Lizard eating some Desert Mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum) berries that were scattered all across the sand. Interestingly enough, the markings and colorations on this large male mimic that of the berries on the ground. This epic...
