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Miscellaneous photos from Turneffe and St George's.

We didn't see any big iguanas on Turneffe but there were some small Black Spiny-tailed Iguanas. The young ones tend to have more green color.

St George's had some bigger ones.

They are good climbers (as well as digging burrows).

There were lots of little lizards. I think they are Brown Anoles.

We saw the most Caribbean Land Hermit Crabs on Halfmoon Caye but there were some on the other islands.

We saw lots of holes that I assume were made by fiddler crabs but this was one of the few that I actually found out in the open and cornered for a photograph. Only the males have the large "major" claw.

I also found a few crabs on the side of the dock. They tended to stay half in the water, making them hard to photograph.

I think this is a Nimble Spray Crab, known for hiding in sea urchins.

At first I wasn't sure what these were - some kind of algae or anemone? I realized they are Upsidedown Mangrove Jellies. Occasionally one would be off the bottom and pulsing its bell like other sea jellies.

There were lots of little fish in the shallow water close to shore.

And small barracudas, presumably hunting the other little fish. I found this foot-long one stranded on the shore. There was no one around so I'm not sure how it got there. Maybe a larger fish chased it right out of the water? I put it back in the water and it slowly recovered and swam away.

There were also a few Red Cushion Sea Stars in the shallows.

At St George's we were lucky to see a pair of dolphins go by. We didn't get very good photos unfortunately.

Everywhere we went in Belize there were numerous dragonflies patrolling the air. I'm not sure what kind they were since they never perched. Luckily there were also a few other kinds that did perch so I could photograph them.

There weren't a lot of butterflies but I found a few.

I didn't see a lot of other insects (although something was biting us) other than a few interesting beetles.

There were lots of big hibiscus bushes that make my struggling little house plant seem rather feeble. But surprisingly, there wasn't much Bougainvillea.

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