We awoke early to loud howling, growling, and barking noises echoing through the dawn forest at Lamanai Outpost Lodge. Could it be a lion? My husband said, “There aren’t lions in Belize.” Wild pig? Tapir? (The Belizean National animal.) We creaked open the door of our thatch-roofed cabin. An outdoor light popped on, stopping the noise abruptly.