When my guide stopped the boat because he saw a rat, I wasn’t exactly enthusiastic. Then I saw this guy staring back at me and I had one of my favorite sightings from my week in the Peruvian Amazon. Not just any ordinary rat, but the yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat. So cool it gets two hyphens in its name. These guys tend to live in tree cavities, usually palms along the banks of rivers. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/125th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Better Beamer extender.
Where I come from it don’t matter what color your crown is or how brushy your tail is or what kinda tree hole you live in, rats are those who betray their friends and we don’t take kindly to them. I come from a family of circus clowns in Nebraska.
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When my guide stopped the boat because he saw a rat, I wasn’t exactly enthusiastic. Then I saw this guy staring back at me and I had one of my favorite sightings from my week in the Peruvian Amazon. Not just any ordinary rat, but the yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat. So cool it gets two hyphens in its name. These guys tend to live in tree cavities, usually palms along the banks of rivers. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/125th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Better Beamer extender.
Where I come from it don’t matter what color your crown is or how brushy your tail is or what kinda tree hole you live in, rats are those who betray their friends and we don’t take kindly to them. I come from a family of circus clowns in Nebraska.
Didn’t think I’d ever say this, but that’s a very cute rat!
Ha, me either Honora, although I have seen some mildly cute jungle rats in previous travels, but nothing like this guy.
It looks like an ordinary squirrel, not a rat. Does it act more like a squirrel?
If act like a squirrel you mean jump around in trees, then yes.
Nice capture, Sean, even if it is a rat!
Thanks Sue. Who knew.
It is the friendlist looking rat I’ve ever seen, but then, we can’t see it’ tail. Well capturesd.
Thanks Rachel. One of my favorite surprises of the trip.
I scrolled in on the “talons” – there is a dark side!
Ha, never trust a yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat.