Howler Monkeys at Palenque

[stormdog]

Thanks to cranberrynomiko, I have a couple recordings of howler monkeys near Palenque posted. One is just the monkeys, and one has my awe-struck, possibly mildly embarrassing commentary.

I'm not sure what brought this to mind earlier, but I was thinking about how amazing an experience it was, being at such an old place; it was walking through crystallized time. It wasn't the focus of of the trip as a whole, which was primarily concerned with working with Escuelas Para Chiapas / Schools for Chiapas and working with the Zapatistas for a week. But it was one of the most memorable experiences for me.

Here's the monkeys on their own:

https://soundgasm.net/u/stormdog/Howler-Monkeys-Chiapas-Mexico

And here's a recording with my, perhaps mildly embarrassing, commentary, made while lying in my hammock just before dawn and listening to the monkeys. We were told that they'd sound like dinosaurs off in the jungle. I was skeptical, but they really did. Swaying in a hammock in the dark in completely unfamiliar surroundings and with these strange calls off in the distance it was easy to drift off to some other space and time.

https://soundgasm.net/u/stormdog/Howler-Monkeys-and-Commentary-Chiapas-Mexico

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An image to go along with the sounds.