There are so many animals that I meet on my travels that I didn’t know existed. This pizote was one such animal that I had never heard of until I met this gorgeous creature in Costa Rica. It is also known as a coati and belongs to the same family as raccoons. They are omnivores with a diet of insects, small vertebrates and fruits. Like raccoons they will scavenge through the trash to find something to eat and seem to be quite used to human encounters. They are quite intelligent and have even been kept as domestic pets. This particular pizote seems to have learned that approaching the side of a car may result in being fed, however, on this particularly rainy day he was out of luck.
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Costa Rica should be great I’ve never been there so far.
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Of all the places I have travelled it is by a long way my absolute favorite.
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Never heard os such an animal, thanks for sharing. We have actually considered Costa Rica for this year, I even bought a travel guide – you mentioned it’s your absolute favorite, why is that?
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I highly recommend going there and I can’t wait to go back again. It is my favourite place in the world mainly because of the incredible numbers of wild animals you will see there. Surprisingly for such a small country, different parts of Costa Rica have different climates and therefore different flora and fauna. My favourite part of Costa Rica for wildlife was Manual Antonio National Park which has a combination of dense forest as well as beautiful beaches. Here you may see sloths, three types of monkeys, iguanas, tucans and so much more. We then stayed in Monteverde and La Fortuna which are more like wet rainforests with so many different lizards and frogs. If you like wildlife, you will love it!
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Thanks, some information I’ll definitely use once we go and visit Costa Rica. We love wild animals and are also crazy about preserving them.
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I love to hear you say that, I wish the world was full of people like us that appreciate nature, animals and the beauty in the world and want to see all of those things maintained for the future instead of destroyed.
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Even of small, we all have a role to play to ensure this. Let us continue Laura ☺️
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Great photo! I’m glad you captured him in your lens so that I could learn what he is. I love this blog and I look forward to following.
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Welcome Angie, and thank you for the wonderful comment. I love the title of your blog ‘Transcribing memory’ and I look forward to exploring it.
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Thank you and please do.
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