We stop the boat not far from a foraging African jacana. It carelessly trips closer and closer to us and I can take a whole series of photos. But it is constantly in motion - never still... The challenge is then to take advantage of when the light is right, when the angle is right, all the things that animal photographers are well aware of... This bird is interesting in many ways, for example, it has enormous feet to be able to distribute its weight when it strolls on relatively small water lily leaves. The name is also interesting because it comes from an expression in a language family in South America: tupi-guaraní, "the one who screams loudly". I myself am doubtful about the later Swedish spelling of the name: "jassana". This may be because the Portuguese pronunciation comes from a dialect in the language family (tupi), while the Spanish pronunciation - and subsequently the English - comes from guaraní. For me, Spanish - and Guarani - is closer to me, so the variant 'jakana' is more natural... (But I could be wrong about that.) The most interesting thing, however, is the species' reproduction. The jacana is polyandrous, meaning the female mates with one male, lays four eggs and disappears. While the male takes care of the breeding, the female takes on a new male and lets him raise another litter. It is not entirely clear to my knowledge how many males and litters the female has time to lay, but they are several.