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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) occupy a tangle of branches in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) occupy a tangle of branches in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) occupy a tangle of branches in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) fly in a clear sky in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) fly in a clear sky in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) fly in a cloudy sky in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) fly in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) fly at sunset in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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Vulnerable Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) on a foggy day in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A capybara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A capybara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Listed as vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered.

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A close-up of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Listed as vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered

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A close-up of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Listed as vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered

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A tapir (Tapirus terrestris) hides in the trees of the marshy Pantanal. Listed as vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered

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A giant anteater in Brazil’s Pantanal region. The animal was orphaned as an infant and hand raised by ranch hands. For a while after its release, it returned for its regular feedings but it eventually ventured out on its own.

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A giant anteater is bottle-fed on a ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal region. The animal was orphaned as an infant and hand raised by ranch hands. For a while after its release, it returned for its regular feedings but it eventually ventured out on its own.

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A giant anteater is bottle-fed on a ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal region. The animal was orphaned as an infant and hand raised by ranch hands. For a while after its release, it returned for its regular feedings but it eventually ventured out on its own.

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A giant anteater is bottle-fed on a ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal region. The animal was orphaned as an infant and hand raised by ranch hands. For a while after its release, it returned for its regular feedings but it eventually ventured out on its own.

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During the wet season in the Brazilian Pantanal, a cattle pasture becomes a resting spot for a freshwater stingray. Annual flooding allows stingrays and a host of fish to patrol farmland looking for places to feed and spawn.

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A freshwater stingray buries itself in the sand to wait, camouflaged, for its prey in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray lies buried and camouflaged in sand waiting for its prey in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A freshwater stingray in the flooded pastures of Barra Mansa Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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A capuchin monkey (Cebus cay) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A capuchin monkey (Cebus cay) jumps from tree to tree in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A capuchin monkey (Cebus cay) jumps from tree to tree in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A capuchin monkey (Cebus cay) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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Female black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A close-up of a male black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A female black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) and her baby in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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