Colombia Pictures
My awesome younger brother woks at an environmental consulting firm, and he recently went to Colombia to do site inspections for future mining operations. He came home with crazy stories and some fantastic photos of Colombian wildlife. I had to share:
This is a so-called gusano pollo, which means “chicken worm.” Its fancy scientific name is Megalopyge opercularis. It’s a caterpillar that is deceivingly cute and fuzzy looking, but don’t be fooled: it’s quite venomous. Touching its furriness will cause you intense pain, swelling, headache, dizziness, chest pain, and the dire need to go to the hospital. Sigh, cute caterpillars bearing neurotoxins. They getcha every time.
Gusano pollo on a stick
Another gusano pollo on the ground, curled up after being touched with a stick.
This tarantula got stabbed to death by a wasp. Rough day.
Gloves come in handy when dealing with leeches!
Stick bug! They are so friendly.
Pretty moth!
Vulture hates you, also would like to eat you.
Falcon hates you too.
Jump over the snake.
Brother’s-hand-sized spider. He looks… nice…
Yay, Brother!
