brommel: Unexpected visitor

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

As we got back from scuba diving we found this unexpected visitor in our room.

Can you imagine how we checked the bed afterwards?

Photo of a [Stick insect hunter, your call] from Pandan Island, Mindoro in June 2007.

At June 20, 2007 at 9:44 PM, Anonymous said...: don't ask an insect hunter
At June 21, 2007 at 4:31 AM, Anonymous said...: looks like a young bayawak. They can grow up to 2 1/2 meters. It is related to the Komodo varanus and here we call it "chicken lizard" because it also eats chicken eggs or chicks.
At June 21, 2007 at 7:18 AM, Anonymous said...: Also known as a monitor lizard
At June 21, 2007 at 10:00 PM, Anonymous said...: How can one fall asleep in a room painted that brightly?
At June 22, 2007 at 4:08 PM, brommel said...: slept well and was dreaming of eggs and chicks...