Our fresh water otter called ariranha or lontra. Cute, curious and will follow your boat.
Ariranha, a fresh water otter.
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Well you wanted to see some wildlife from the Pantanal
A wetlands deer, pretty scarce in that they are food down here. He is called campeiro.
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How about a monkey?
These little monkeys are called Bugio. Now they are not very big, but scream like they were Gorillas and run in familys of 20 or 30.
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this is the guy that is responsable for this mess, Dr. Dion the owner
Hope you like these shots.
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This is called the vineger=vinagre and you can see why!
Description here
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Our spotted puma, and there is a beige variety.
These are getting pretty rare in that the farmers kill them and rob their young. But, if they leave the adults alive, they stay on the farm until the young are returned, killing one animal to eat every day. 30 days 30 dead.
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A rat and a cat
The worlds biggest rat, up to the size of a big dog.
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He is only twice as big as your house cat.
This is a little feline, about twice the size of your house cat. Called jaguartirica. They try to domesticate them sometimes, will some success. But they are still wild animals and should be left in the Pantanal.
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Amadillo called tatu down here. Two kinds of tatu, the first - galinha, with light colored meat, the other, second, called tatu peba. dark red meat. Tastes just like pork.
I am tatu galinha=chicken.
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A flight of tuiuius. Snack time.
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Our Pantanal's mainstay called JACARE. You may know him as Caiman
Jacare does not top much 6 feet, and does not eat people, and will only attach when you bother a nesting female with eggs. Now raised domestically for skins and food.
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Hey boys, don,t be scared, we don´t eat or attack humans.!
We are so hungry and will soon dive for piranha fish dinner.
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Your right we are hungry.
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