We went to visit friends who live deep in the jungle, where a family of howler monkeys came to observe us as the babies splashed in the jungle stream.
Mom was convinced the monkeys would pee on her head, but she escaped unscathed. Our friends say they are fascinated by children, and come to watch every time the kids swim.
On the farm, it's baby goat time.
In one of the crazier things that has ever happened in our goat experience, we discovered a brand new baby goat deep in an ant nest tunnel. The mama goat delivered a set of twins on a leaf cutter ant nest, which is a nice clear sandy mound and must have seemed like a good choice.... until one of the babies fell into a hole.
Fortunately we found him quickly, but we had a crazy time getting him out. The tunnels can go 10-15 feet down, and the little guy was stuck in a bend about a foot from the surface. The good news was that part of the nest was abandoned by the ants, so they didn't swarm and kill him. The bad news was other unsavory things like to move into abandoned nests. This fact didn't occur to me until I had both arms past the elbows squeezed in the tunnel trying to basically deliver a baby goat out a small dirt hole, and Daniel warned me not to put my hands all the way under the goat. That was the point when I really got motivated. It was a tight squeeze getting him out, but we managed with only a few scrapes and he is just fine.
His twin sister is 1/3 his size, and the tiniest baby goat we have ever had.
Which makes her the perfect size for the girls to play with. And by play I mean practice being "gentle" while repeatedly pointing out "EARS!!!" A baby goat with long ears is very exciting when you have just discovered ears.
Finally, Lu's teeth have started to come in... but only the canines on the top, not the front teeth.
We love her adorable baby vampire look :)
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