Nature trail.
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Palms.
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Spiky shadows.
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Palms.
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Vine.
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I dunno what this is, but I bet is was what was growing along the beach in St. Martin, when we were there in 1998.
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I pointed the camera at this little baby palm, and then I noticed the itty bitty lizard on the root of the tree. See it? Just to the right of the "trunk" of the baby palm?
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I saw exactly two (2) signs describing what we were seeing. Each preceded here by the tree being described.
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Uh oh. To quote one of our favorite lines from Whose Line is it Anyway? ... "That can't be good." (Note that the quote isn't in this episode, but Colbert does a creditable job with his rhyming-on-the-fly!)
Of all the critters we import to various places, this has to be one of the most devastating to wildlife.....................
It was a very friendly soul, lying in the middle of the path until I approached, and then eager for pets. It hung around as long as I stood still petting it.
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Ok, walking away from the kitteh.
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Yet another sort of palm fruit.
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Another interesting trunk.
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