What is it?

Was going through and deleting some old pictures and ran across this one.
Post your guess, answer tomorrow.

 

I see a beautiful painted lady.

 

Ha, I thought you might be taking the crack at first, but upon further inspection, sure enough! That's a cool pic

 

Took a minute to realize the chameleon was two people. The frog is the best. I can see at least three people. Might be another one?

 

Scarlet Macaw. Very expensive and now highly regulated for import. I used to own an African Gray Macaw and an Amazon Blue-Mealy Crowned parrot/macaw, both equally expensive here in the US. I got/adopted my Blue Amazon in Japan and left it with a good friend when I rotated back to the states. My African Gray was purchased for $500 when I was living in the Philippines. Illegally imported to PI. Bought it at a place called Cartemar. Full of "hard" to get animals. Mostly sold to expats in Manila. An African Grey Macaw can go for as much as $5K here in the US if legally imported. left the African behind too. Had no choice. Left in goods hands. They live a long time and can mimic words. My Amazon was crazy good about mimicking. Words and certain whistles. Oh, they can bite pretty had. My African could crack Brazil nuts easy.
Typical African Gray:

 

Blue Crowned: Macaws and Parrots are similar. Like Ravens and crows. Birds are the most popular pet in Asia. People will go for a walk with their birds. Anybody here been to Hong Kong??

 

Mmm... Sexy

 

You can find rare birds here in the US that are sold legally but not cheap. An African Grey or a Super Charger? I spent 7 years in Asia. Japan, PI, and visited Thailand, S Korea, Hong Kong. The wildlife import regs in those countries are a little "lax" , for lack of a better word.

 

"People will go for a walk with their birds."

Yea, I did that with a Triton Cockatoo. He took off headed towards a busy street in the San Fernando Valley. I found him walking down the sidewalk about 10 minutes later.
Had an Afican Gray and a Yellow Nap. The Yellow Nap was a potty mouth. My MIL didn't like her. I think the feeling was mutual.

 

I only spent a couple of weeks in Hong Kong back in 1983. Still under British rule. I'd see people walking around with small bird cages. Many of these folks would take their bird cages into their favorite restaurant and set the cage on their table while eating. Kinda cool unless you owned a Condor or Ostrich. heh heh