On Day 2 of my stay at Serere, Rodolfo and I went for a 5-hour walk/crawl/bash through the jungle; first keeping only a few meters from the lakeside, then walking alongside a small creek and finally heading off toward a more isolated lake through denser jungle.
Ants were everywhere, from the very smallest that you'd also expect to find in Germany, to the largest - 3 to 4 cm in size - moving very swiftly and apparently constantly fighting one another.
That little bugger was teasing me by folding his wings whenever he sat still, making it impossible to see the bright blue colouring on the inside.
Very uncomfortable insects, guarding their nests and dispensing what Rodolfo assured me with a grimace were very painful stings against perceived intruders made us take large detours from the path.
Spiders were also plentiful; mostly we encountered very dense, very large nets with huge numbers of small offspring in them. This ought to be their ancestor.
Testing my macro function, I was fascinated by the little bristles on the long legs of this spider.
Capuchin monkeys were bountiful and relatively easy to find, making so much nois during their treetop forays for food.
This branch, reaching out over a small creek toward our position must have held some incredibly tasty morsels, because the shy capuchins came out right to its tip, all the time keeping a weary eye on us and stuffing their face with the fruit.
Yet again my memory fails me, as I try in vain to remember these little guys' names. They came along after the capuchins and feasted on the same fruits.
A very rare sight, this bird was so well concealed against the banks of the creek that it took me a while to spot it, even as Rodolfo insistently pointed towards it. The amazing thing was the design on the inside of its wings, which it deigned to display upon taking flight - a pair of brightly-coloured spots smack-bang in the middle of the wing when unfolded. What a sight!
These frogs are highly poisonous, as evidenced by their bright yellow and red colouring. Their toxin apparently stops vicitms breathing and is used by indigenous people to coat arrows for hunting.
The bright red of the parrot's beak is always a great sight, especially against a backdrop of deep green.
Even though we crawled along every conceivable path through dense vegetation, I don't think I caught any ticks or other nasty insects. Rodolfo even went as far as stalking a cayman who was making characteristic noises in a dense piece of brush alongside a pond. Must admid I felt a tad queasy at every noise and rustle of dry leaves in there.
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