I am curious what type of creatures people have come across during vacation.What was your favorite creature (or animal) and why?


For me it is Geckos...they are neat to watch at night by lights..watching them eat bugs.One time I saw 10 or so of them by one light.

Also..Iguanas are neat lizards.

I also love iguanas...the turquoise ones in Aruba are really neat. And we saw a cool frog in the Caymans.

And then of course there are all the underwater creatures we see when snorkeling or diving...turtles and barracuda etc...

Probably manatees we snorkeled with in a river in Jamaica....closely followed by dolphins that came to play with us and around our boat, also in JA...

Three-toed Sloth in Cartagena, Columbia.
Iguanas in Cuba.
Sea Turtles laying eggs, Coast of Venezuela.
Manatee in Everglades National Park.
Bears, Algonquin Park, Canada
Elk, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Moose, Banff National Park, Canada

well .... 2 and 3 toed sloths in Costa Rica , and being chased by a white faced monkey was pretty cool as well !!!!! The Howler Monkey was the MOST amazing , incredible !!! But .... we also saw squirrel monkeys , coatis , racoons , deer , agouti , tons of bats , tons of lizards , and iguanas , caymans , enormous crocs , and then the birds ........ All in Costa Rica ! Faith

The sleazy bartender on my carribean cruise! He was a creature... not too interesting though! Ha.. Ha!! Just kidding.

faithie-I have heard that the Squirrel monkeys are cute.Sounds like Costa Rica is a good place to go for the animals alone!

jeenymary-LOL!!That was cute.

Favorite creatures encountered in order of
preference:

1. Cane frogs on Dunk Islands in Australia.
2. Hermit crabs on Moorea in Tahiti (I will
always have fond memories of a French
toddler finding same and stating with
excitement "Oh la la , mamon!&quot.
3. Very large tarantulas during a nocturnal
walk at Miraval Resort outside of Tucson.

Boonie-that would have freaked me out.Spiders(especially tarantulas)I am terrified of.I can handle most any animal even snakes but not spiders!

Saw a mongoose cross the road once in Jamaica; found out later that it was a sign of good luck; when it starts across & goes back, bad luck. Then there was the loan shark I saw in Montego Bay.......................

Jennymary - lol.

Brazil has some great creatures. Probably the one that was the most "interesting" was seeing a fere de lance (sp?) snake in a tree right above our heads. The pet anaconda peeing on the arm of one of our fellow passengers was also a bit on the unusual side of things!

Mama grizzly and 3 small black baby bears crossing in front of us in Alaska.
HUGE spotted ray of some sort at the Pennekamp reef near Key West.
Although, our favorite critters to spot are in our home So. Cal hills, coyotes and bobcats, so pretty. And rattlesnakes.

Hundreds of land crabs in the road on Cat Island and A "family" of tiny snails out for a stroll on our patio in Nassau. (About 10 or so little ones complete with shell housings following mom up the pathway) This looked like a picture in a storybook.

Wild Donkey on South Caicos Island.

Most amazing I would have to say would be 40,000 pink flamingos on Windsor Lake, Great Inagua. Breathtaking!

Sea dragons at the Seattle Aquarium! I think they were on loan from another aquarium. They are similar to a seahorse, but much larger with appendages that appears to be green leaves...I could have watched them for hours...

tamara-the snail family sounds like a neat experience.

Pam-sea dragons sound cool...never heard of them.

A Frog fish in Bonaire. Leafy sea dragons are my favorites also - go to south western Australia for those ! - and Pearl Spotted Owls in Zimbabwe.

VERY interesting and enjoyable post! Besides the wild turkeys and deer that frequent our backyard the most amazing encounter we had with creatures was one day snorkeling a reef off the beach on New Providence. As I came up for air I saw dorsel fins -- I am out about 100-150 yards off shore with my wife, 7 year old daughter and my sister and was worried that we were about to be attacked by sharks -- fortuately we were being "visited" by 4-6 dolphins AMAZING and LUCKY!

yeah!very lucky..I wish that would have happened to me.I love dolphins!

TG..where do you live? We have lots of deer in NC too...so many that I hit one on Monday did $1400 in damage to my minivan.