It was here where they shot the ephemeral movie "Anaconda". Make no mistake this is not your regular city park, this is wilderness. When we stopped to take a walk I was basically eaten up by mosquitoes. Also it wasn't the brightest idea to wear black.

And in the leaves we have a boa constrictor. Jose, the guide had more respect for the much smaller boa. Maybe because the anaconda lives and hunts for the most part in the water, where the boa lives in the trees, so one at your feet or submerged even and one above your head. - So is danger from above perceived as the bigger force? Well, that might explain the success of the climate change fear mongering. - I anyhow had mixed feelings taking photos in that serp...

An anaconda on the ground, about 4 m long…

Sloth - the natives also call them congressman.

The matamata a carnivorous turtle and quite ugly. It lives in the swamps and snaps and sucks in fish who are attracted by the nettles at its mouth.