fauna count

so, i've been making a list of all the interesting and exotic creatures that we have encountered here while on our travels. of course, i've left the list back at the centre where we are staying, so i'll have to give it to you from memory.

(by the way, completely unrelated, but i just had a mental lapse, where i could not figure out where my shoes were. i'm sitting here in the internet cafe typing in my socked feet, surrounded by a whole bunch of other people also furiously typing, and i suddenly couldn't remember why or where my shoes had got to. i was worried someone may have walked off with my runners right from under me. haha. the thing is they make you take your shoes off before entering certain places, so they are actually sitting outside. i just thought that was amusing and that i would share it.)

anyhow...

fauna list:

praying mantis: 2
butterflies: lots
beetles: lots
strange black beetles spotted with yellow circles: 1
flies: a bazillion-million-trillion
mosquitoes: millions
rats: 1
goats: lots and lots - probably hundreds
water buffaloes: also lots
cows: lots
chickens/roosters: many dozens
dogs: lots
cats: 3
ibises: 1
lemurs: 1
moneys: about 25
giant spiders: 1
giant cockroaches: 3 (+ 2 that were not directly observed by me)
little cockroaches: many
horses: 2
camels: 2
crows: many
geckos: many
iguana: 1
elephant: 1
people: 1 billion, or thereabouts