We were happy to find that our new Estonian friends, Leo and Reet, were on our skywalk tour today. Our guide, Arturo, turned out to be a knowledgable naturalist who is full of interesting facts. We hiked through the rain forest over bridges that hang swinging over steep ravines. We saw a lot of wild life, including parrots, toucans, a family of coatis (racoon-like animals), huge crocodiles and HUGE termite and hornet nests hanging in the trees. When pointing out a large hornets' nest, our guide told us that when he was a boy, he and his friends would throw rocks at these hanging targets....and RUN!!! He said the hornets were always able to zero right in on the rock thrower whose missile had scored a direct hit. Supposedly, their sense of smell led them directly to the culprit! (I wonder if this is true...or if he was "yoking"....he told a lot of "yokes"!)
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