Photos highlights of Belize

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Jaguar Paw Cave Entrance to St. Herman's Cave Clear creek pool Jungle pool near ATM cave; habitat for cichlids Corn planted on former rainforest land Slash-and-burn agriculture Slash-and-burn agriculture Pink flower Red ginger Light orange heliconia Gumbo limbo "Tourist trees" used for treating rashes and sunburn Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree Half Moon Caye Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye Sunset on Blackbird Caye Sunrise seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye Harpy eagle Red-footed Booby, Sula sula Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize: Gallin garza] Flounder camouflaged in the sand Frog with a green patch under its eye American crocodile Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Green iguana in the rainforest canopy Unknown forest anole Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean / local name) Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark Jaguar Jaguar (Panthera onca) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name: red tiger] Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [local name: Venado] Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Male Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) Spider monkey hanging in a tree Male spider monkey standing Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)