Grand Cayman

[JohnMatthew]

I got to spend a few days visiting my little sister in Grand Cayman and thought I'd share some of the pics.

Blue iguanas at the Queen Elizabeth II botanical gardens:

This big boy was grazing outside the welcome center. It looks like he injured his back at some time but it didn't slow him down.

He was bobbing his head at me, guess I got too close for his liking, then he charged and gave me a nice open mouth display from about 3 feet away:

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Here are some frogs and anoles we spotted throughout the weekend:

This cuban tree frog was huge:

This one found a nice, safe location to chill during the day. No idea how he got up there, the entire tree was covered in these thorns:

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And lastly are some pictures taken at the turtle farm.

Birds waiting for the turtles to get fed:

Turtles and birds joining in the feeding frenzy:

Holding one of the smaller turtles:

Me and my little sis checking out some much smaller turtles:

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That's all for now, sorry about the large images, I'll figure out how to make em smaller one of these days.

 

[Rhetoric]

These are awesome! Nice pictures, thank you for sharing! I'm jealous

 

[teguboy77]

Awsome pictures i was in Grand Cayman a couple years back but i didn't get a chance to go to the grand cayman blue iguana i wish i did there very cool iguanas and i like there color awsome pictures.

 

[JohnMatthew]

Thanks, the blues were definitely amazing to observe and photograph. My sister recently took her class and got a behind the scenes tour of the breeding facility. They said their goal is to get 1000+ blue iguanas established in the wild and then they plan on releasing all of the captive breeders as well.

 

[teguboy77]

Yeah thats great as they say theres not that many left alive from what i've read in May 3, 2008, at the QE II Botanic Park someone broke in there and killed six of what a darn shame.But for them to still try to bring them back thats great news and i hope they reach there goal that would be great.