Costa Rica - Animal Photos

by John Hunter

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photo of aligator

I visited Costa Rica for 2 weeks in December 1996. Hiking in the parks and floating down rivers were great ways to get close to many different animals. Photos of some of the animals I photographed are shown here.

Photo of bird drying wings

Bird drying its wings on riverside by John Hunter.

Photo of leaf cutter ants

Photo of leaf cutter ants carrying their cut leaves to their nest. The ants don't eat the leaves: they use the leaves as fertilizer to grow a fungus that they eat.

Photo of howler monkey in tree Photo of bird
photo of birds
photo of bird Photo of lizard

All photos by John Hunter, Dec 1996.

All Photos copyright John Hunter, no use permitted without his express written consent.