Keyword: South America
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A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.
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A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.
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Yellow-billed cardinals at dawn in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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Burrowing owls in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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Roseate spoonbills engage in battle in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.
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A juvenile rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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A buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus) in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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A plumbeous ibis in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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An intimate portrait of a snowy egret as it searches for fish among other wading birds in the Pantanal.
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An anaconda kills a great egret in a flooded field in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater marsh.
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A vulnerable hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus).
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A vulnerable hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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A vulnerable hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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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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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) surveys the surface of the Pixaim River in the Pantanal. This otter is from a family of seven adults which has been habituated over the years by tourists feeding them fish from their boats.
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A frog perched on a man’s nose in Brazil’s Pantanal Region.
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A frog perched on a man’s nose in Brazil’s Pantanal Region.
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A decaying horse has been propped up by cowboys in the Pantanal.
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Biologists study an ocelot at the SESC Reserve in Brazil’s Pantanal region.
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Biologists study an ocelot at the SESC Reserve in Brazil’s Pantanal region.
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This ocelot was part of an experiment a vet at the SESC Reserve in Brazil was doing to see whether domestic animals like dogs were infecting wild animals in the Pantanal.
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An ocelot struggles to lift its head as it wakes up from a drug. This ocelot was part of an experiment a vet at the SESC Reserve in Brazil was doing to see whether domestic animals like dogs were infecting wild animals in the Pantanal.
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Ten different species of bats await cataloging by biologists on a collecting trip to the Brazilian Pantanal, one of the richest ecosystems in South America.
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Caiman bask in the sun while a crowd watches at the Caiman Ranch in Brazil.
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Caiman crowd around a waterfall hoping for an easy meal at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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Caiman crowd around a waterfall hoping for an easy meal at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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Caiman crowd around a waterfall hoping for an easy meal at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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Caiman crowd around a waterfall hoping for an easy meal at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.
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Caiman fish cooperatively in a waterfall at the Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. The animals line up at the waterfall waiting for small fish to be swept into their open mouths.
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A group of caiman bask in the sun on the edge of the Brazilian Pantanal.
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Biologists study a crab-eating fox at the SESC Reserve in Brazil’s Pantanal region.
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Biologists study a crab-eating fox at the SESC Reserve in Brazil’s Pantanal region.
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A crab-eating fox becomes part of an experiment in Brazil’s Pantanal to see if domestic animals are infecting wild ones.
