Jake had been in Monteverde a few days before me, and had strongly recommended the night walking tour, with good sightings of nocturnal animals including sloth. Here's Jake's sighting of a sloth which he had sent to me by Whatsapp. I cracked up laughing when he sent it over.
Sloths were something I really wanted see in Costa Rica, particularly after having watched Zootopia!
And I was lucky!
Barely 5 minutes into my tour, just located close to the entrance, our guide spotted a sloth. It was rather active too, and moved a lot faster than I expected. The guide told us that it was a 2-toe sloth.
There are 2 different breeds of 2-toe sloth and 4 different breeds of 3-toe sloths in the world.
They are often found on trees, and they only come on ground about once a week to do their business ie. Poop!
They don't do business up in the trees, because they are often hanging upside down and it wouldn't be pleasant having poop fall on itself while upside down.
They don't come down too often because they could easily be hunted by their predators.
Here's a better closeup of sloth, taken from a postcard which I had bought in Monteverde!
While recording the video of the sloth, I noticed something crawling on my arm and towards my phone. I freaked out and tried to shake it off me. Turns out, it was a stick insect and had probably been attracted to the light on my phone.
We continued walking through the forest with a guide. I was constantly amazed at how the guide managed to spot various birds, viper snakes, bugs and frogs in the dark.
We even saw a tarantula, and a glowing scorpion. I was in awe at how it glowed, and even more rare seeing it with a prey in its mouth.
It had been a very productive tour, seeing so many different animals within an hour.
Definitely a highlight in Monteverde!
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