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I'm going with the Katydid... definitely not a butterfly and it was an adult already... Thanks for looking into that! Amazing what you can find out online!

"A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold. It's a 1949 non-fiction collection of essays by Aldo Leopold, the book is considered to be one of the classics of modern conservation science.

But some of the most interesting creatures were the ones with more than 2 or 4 legs. This is an iPhone shot of an insect shedding its exoskeleton at night and waiting and for its new one to harden.

... and there are lots of other interesting birds as well... this is a Hoatzin...

Here's a couple more Macaws hanging out in a tree...

Now I want one! (Just kidding... I don't believe in making pets out of wild animals, but those are the cutest pictures!).

Canon EOS with a Canon 300mm zoom. For some of the bird photos, I would have liked a bigger zoom, but I'm glad I didn't have to carry one around. Also, there are weight limitations going into TRC, so you don't want to carry too much stuff. As for …

Lots of crazy jungle spiders....

I love the sound of Howler monkeys. We experienced them for the first time in Tikal in Guatamala and it was indeed spooky. And when you see how small these little guys are and how much noise they make it is really amazing. We have gotten used to …

Cayman...

Howler Monkey along the shore of the Tambopata River

We flew from Lima to Puerto Maldonado and then took a boat down the Tambopata River. A couple hours to get to Refugio Amazonas, where we stayed the first night. Then a few more hours on the river to the research center where we stayed for 3 more …

Unfortunately, we didn't see any cats. I'm sure they were around. We heard from the various nature guides that they have all seen a Jaguar or Puma, but sightings are pretty rare. We were suprised to learn that there aren't actually that many large …

While much of the Amazon basin is under direct threat at the moment, I was very pleased to see that the area around the Tambopata Research Center in Southeastern Peru remains relatively healthy with primary forest and many of the unique creatures …

Hi Stephen, Sorry for the slow response. I was out of the country for most of the last 3 weeks and largely offline during that time. Interest topic to kick around. It seems that monitoring our behaviors and extracting predictible patterns, which …

Don't feel bad, Chris. I was at an Automotive conference this past week and a respected Automotive Analyst admited on stage he couldn't get his Echo Auto to work either. As far as my own car is concerned, you won't see any of those extra wires …

I really look forward to seeing your essay, Paul!

Great discussion Paul! I appreciate your thoughtful response. To be sure, I do not disagree with you on everything. Where we diverge is that you are comparing the use of AI and "robots" on Facebook (et al) to spread fake news with a company using …

Thanks Chris for sharing such a deeply personal story! My only point here is that technology is technology. Medicine is poison if it is used by the wrong people in the wrong way. Bad actors will use whatever is available to them to do their bad …

Love all of these photos, including the sloth. But I am partial towards the action shot of the Cheetah and the African Wild Dogs. It is great photography and it captures the true spirit of nature.

Great post! I love bats. They do so much good in the ecosystem. Last summer, we spent about an hour on a boat off of "Bat Island" near Flores, Indonesia in the Flores Sea waiting for Sunset when Millions of giant fruit bats take flight for the …

I think you might be giving too little credit to the intelligence of the individual or you forget the most important stakeholder in any consumer business: the consumer. If the AI recommends something you don't need or want, so what? Isn't the …

Would be good to find out!

You might be right about the laws of unintended consequences. 100 years ago, who in their right minds would have argued for saving deadly carnivors, yet today we know how invaluable they are for keeping everything in balance. However, my …

And if diving and/or snorkeling is your thing, the Islands in the Flores Sea are spectacular... uninhabited, inaccessable by cruise ship... pink sand beaches, the coral reefs are teaming with manta rays, eagle rays, and a variety of fish and sea …