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The Pantanal, 2014

jaguar attentive
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
August, 2014

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Jaguar

What she looked like to us

jaguar
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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What we looked like to her

jaguar

Humanus touristica
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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What jaguars think about humans

jaguar with tongue

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Looking back

jaguar looking back

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Sitting

jaguar sitting

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Jaguar in the grass

jaguar in the grass

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Jaguar iconography

jaguar iconography

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Jaguar close

jaguar close

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Closer look

jaguar close
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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jaguar close
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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pantanal

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Pantanal, Brazil
August 24, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Pantanal, Brazil
August 24, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Find the jaguar

pantanal

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Pantanal, Brazil
August 24, 2014
Canon 5Dmark2

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Giant river otter

Sushi

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Emerging

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Profile

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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One and an otter

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Fish, again??

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Hand-held device

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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When otters try to roll their tongues

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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River on land

giant river otter

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Into the den

giant river otter entering den

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Cabybara

Capybara swimming

capybara swimming

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Nursing

capybara nursing

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Kids

young capybara

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Come along kids

mom and 2young capybara

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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The capybara family goes for a swim

capybara fmaily swimming

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Monkeys

Female howler

female howler

Black howler (Alouatta caraya)
August, 2014

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Branching out

howler on branch

Female black howler (Alouatta caraya)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014

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Howler

pantanal 2014
Female black howler (Alouatta caraya)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Where capuccinos comes from

capuchin

Black-striped capuchin (Cebus libidinosus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Other mammals

Marsh deer

marsh deer
Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomous )
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Puppies

puppies
Dogs ()
Selso's ranch
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Dogs

dogs
Dogs ()
Pocon&eacte;
The Pantanal
August 8, 2014

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Canine print

canine print

Dog ()
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Calf

calf
Cows ()
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Pig

pig
Pig ()
August, 2014

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Maned wolf

maned wolf
Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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maned wolf
Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Crab-eating fox

crab-eating fox
Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Tapir

tapir
South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris))
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Tapiring to the right

tapir
South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris))
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Ocelot profiled

ocelot
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Anteater

anteater
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Lesser grison

lesser grison
Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Lesser grison

lesser grison
Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Lesser grison

lesser grison
Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja)
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Birds

Peek-a-boo

hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Peek-a-two

hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Peek-at-you

hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Peek-a-three

3 hyacinth macaws
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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hyacinth macaws
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August 28, 2014
Canon 50D

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hyacinth macaws
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August 28, 2014
Canon 50D

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hyacinth macaws
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August 17, 2014
Canon 50D

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hyacinth macaws
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
August 14, 2014
Canon Rebel T5i

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Amazon in the Pantanal

blue-fronted amazon
Blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Holey bird

blue-fronted amazon
Blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Facing the blues

blue-fronted amazon
Blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Socializing monks

monk parakeets
Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Conference of monks

monk parakeets
Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Getting Seriema in order

seriema
Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)
August, 2014

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Closing in on seriema

seriema
Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)
Family: Cariamidae
Order: Cariamiformes
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Closing in on seriema

seriema
Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)
Family: Cariamidae
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Carancho

southern crested caracara
Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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In-flight caracara

southern crested caracara
Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Carrion a conversation

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
Black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
The Pantanal
August 28, 2014
Canon 50D

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Here and -gon

trogon
Blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui)
Family: Trogonidae (trogons and quetzals)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Everything's coming up roses

roseate spoonbill
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Buff fellow

buff-necked ibis
Buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Buffed up

buff-necked ibis
Buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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King of the ring

ringed kingfisher
Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Tiger of the Pantanal

tiger heron
Rufescent tiger heron ()
Family: Ardeidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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pantanal 2014
Rufescent tiger heron ()
Family: Ardeidae
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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pantanal

Rufescent tiger heron ()
Family: Ardeidae
Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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High stepper

cocoi heron
Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi)
Family: Ardeidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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My great egret about the Pantanal

great egret
Great egret (Ardea alba)
Family: Ardeidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Anhinga

great egret
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Family: Anhingidae
The Pantanal
August 22, 2014
Canon 50D

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Jabiru on the beach

jabiru on the beach
Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria)
August, 2014

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When things start to take off in the Pantanal

jabiru
Jabiru taking off (Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Running start

jabiru
Jabiru taking off (Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Jabirus mating

jabirus mating
Jabiru taking off (Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Skimmer

skimmer
Black skimmers (Rynchops niger)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Skimmers

skimmer
Black skimmers (Rynchops niger)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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When skimmers sing

skimmer
Black skimmers (Rynchops niger)
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Flicker on the mound

flicker
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris)
August, 2014

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Pecker on the tree

woodpecker
Little woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus)
August, 2014

Gallinule

gallinule
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
Purple "swamp hen" - rail family (Rallidae)
August, 2014

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Black-collared hawk

black-collared hawk - busarellus nigricollis.jpg
Black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
Family: Accipitridae
The Pantanal
August 17, 2014
Canon 50D

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Hawk and mosquito

Black-collared hawk
Black-collared hawk
Family: Accipitridae
The Pantanal
August 17, 2014
Canon 50D

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Hopper's demise

jacamar

Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda))
Family: Galbulidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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jacamar
Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda))
Family: Galbulidae
The Pantanal
August 26, 2014
Canon Rebel T5i

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Chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)

Aracari

aracari
Chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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Aracari

aracari
Chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Jaguar Lodge
Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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Tinamou

tinamou

Undulated tinamou
Ecoa
August 27, 2014

While this picture leaves much to be desired, it is my first easily recognizable picture of a tinamou, and thus of the order Tinamiformes.

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The great and mighty

great potoo

Great potoo
August, 2014

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Nightjar

scissor-tailed nightjar
Scissor-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
August, 2014

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The great and horny

great horned owl

Great horned owl
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Southern

southern lapwing

Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis Order: Charadriiformes
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Lapwing

southern lapwing
Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
The Pantanal
August 17, 2014
Canon 50D

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Jacana

jacana

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana jacana)
Well how fun is that???
Order: Charadriiformes
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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jacana
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana jacana)
The Pantanal
August 17, 2014
Canon 50D

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Rhea-lity

rhea

Greater rhea
Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Rhea-lization

rhea

Greater rhea
Family: Rheidae
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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rhea

Greater rhea
Family: Rheidae
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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King vulture

king vulture
King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Family: Cathartidae
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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king vulture
King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Family: Cathartidae
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon 50D

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Yellow-billed cardinal

red-capped cardinal
Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
Family: Thraupidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Horny welcome

horneros
Ovenbird - Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
Family: Furnariidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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And into the oven

hornero
Ovenbird - Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
Family: Furnariidae
The Pantanal
August 22, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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The barred ant shrikes again

antshrike
Female barred antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
Family: Thamnophilidae
The Pantanal
August 16, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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One nun

nunbird
Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Family: Bucconidae - puffbirds
August 27, 2014

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Tasty treat

nunbird

Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Family: Bucconidae - puffbirds
August 27, 2014

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The head nun

nunbird

Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Family: Bucconidae - puffbirds
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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The rant

nunbird

White-headed marsh (Arundinicola leucocephala )
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant fly-catchers)
The Pantanal
August 14, 2014

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swallow

Swallow ()
Family: -
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon 50D

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Yellow-rumped cacique

yellow-rumped cacique
Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela)
Family: Icteridae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Pissed and ready to scream

screamer
Southern screamer (Chauna torquata)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Reptiles

Caiman

Standing his ground

yacare
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Portrait of Yacare in Grey

yacare head
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Caiman eye

caiman eye
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
PCER
August, 2014

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All lined up

all lined up
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Transpantaneiro Highway
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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The head of the caiman

caiman head
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Transpantaneiro Highway neaar Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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The shaky shaky

caiman shaky shaky
Caiman bellowing
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Transpantaneiro Highway near Jaguar Loadge
August, 2014

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Caiman with fish

caiman with fish
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Caiman with fish redux

caiman with fish
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Shit-eating grin

caiman with thing in its mouth
What is that thing in its mouth???
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
August, 2014

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Death and harbinger

death and harbinger
Caiman and vulture
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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When tegu's get egg on their face

tegu
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Tegu skin

tegu skin
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Snake

snake
Brazilian Lancehead (Bothrops moojeni)
Family: Viperidae (vipers)
Transpantaneira
The Pantanal August, 2014

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Turtle treat

turtle eating
??Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria) ??
Cuiabá
August 29, 2014

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Frogs

Toad

toad
Cururu Toad (Rhinella diptycha)
Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
Ecoa
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Fish

Fish eye

fish eye
Pacu
Poconé
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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When fish teeth get im-pacu'ed

fish teeth
Pacu
Poconé
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Painted fish

pintado
Painted fish
Cuiabá
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014

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Catfish

catfish
Cuiabá
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Lungfish

lungfish
Lungfish
Campo Jofré, Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Lungfish close

lungfish
Lungfish
Campo Jofré, Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Piranha

Piranha

piranha
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Piranha teeth

piranha teeth
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Piranha spots

piranha spots
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Piranha hooked

piranha
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Piranha face and hook

piranha
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Bob's big catch

Bob's big catch
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Emma and piranha

Emma and piranha
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Emma and piranha

Emma and piranha
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Consummate piranha

consummate piranha
Piranha - in soup form
Piraya piranha (Pygocentrus piraya)
PCER
The Pantanal
August 20, 2014

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Fish for sale

fish for sale
Pocon&eacte;
August, 2014

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Fish for scale

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Bugs

Brazilian dragon

dragonfly
Dragonflies
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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When dragonflies are envious

dragonfly
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
Family: Libellulidae (skimmers)
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Butterflies

Butterflies

butterfly
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Alana

yellow butterfly

Alana White-Skipper (Heliopetes alana)
Family: Hesperiidae
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014
Canon Rebel T5i

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Butterfly

yellow butterfly

Butterfly
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014
Canon Rebel T5i

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Morpho morphology

morpho collage
Morpho
SESC
The Pantanal
August 12, 2014

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Ephemeral

ephemeral
Blue morpho wing
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Morpho caterpillar

morpho caterpillar

August, 2014

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Pantanal papillon

white butterfly

August, 2014

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Moth

moth

August, 2014

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orange and black butterfly
Naranjita (Chlosyne lacinia saundersi )
August, 2014

Dear Bob,
We initially thought that because of the pronounced labial palps, that this might be a Snout Butterfly in the subfamily Libytheinae, but we could find no similar looking members of the subfamily from Brazil in our initial search. While we cannot confirm the subfamily at this time, we are confident that the Brushfooted Butterfly family Nymphalidae is correct. We could not locate a match on Insetologia, our sister site from Brazil, nor did we have any luck on the Butterflies of Amazon & Andes. Finally, we believe we found a match in the Bordered Patch, Chlosyne lacinia, which according to the Butterflies in Brazil and Argentina at Iguazu Falls during Focus On Nature Tours site, is called the Naranjita and "has a very variable pattern. It prefers sunny places and feeds on nectar". The site also states: "the Bordered Patch, the subspecies Chlosyne lacinia saundersi This subspecies, in southeast Brazil and the Iguazu area, has more orange in the upperwings than other subspecies, hence the common name there of 'Naranjita'. " Now that we had a name, we did locate the Bordered Patch on the Butterflies of Amazon & Andes where it states: "Males are usually seen either when nectaring at Asteraceae, or when imbibing mineralised moisture from patches of damp ground. Females when freshly emerged are so heavily laden with eggs that they are barely capable of flying." We have examples of the Bordered Patch from North America in our archives.
Daniel Marlos from whatsthatbug.com

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orange and black butterfly
Naranjita (Chlosyne lacinia saundersi )
August, 2014

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Monarch-y

monarch
South monarch (Danaus erippus)
August, 2014

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butterfly

Red Postman (Heliconius erato)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Caterpillar

caterpillar

Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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Gold-butt ant

gold butt ant
Shimmering golden sugar ant or Golden carpenter ant (Camponotus sericeiventris)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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If there were a little five of the Pantanal...

jaguar ant
I was told this is a jaguar ant, but so far I have been unable to find anything like it on the internet
August, 2014
Ant ()
Pantanal, Brazil

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Ant on leaf

ant on leaf
Ant (Camponotus rufipes)
Family: Formicidae (ants)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Big headed ant

big-headed ant
Ant (Atta laevigata)
Family: Formicidae
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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ant

Ant ()
Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Spiders

Spiny orb-weaver

crab spider
Spiny-backed orb-weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
Gasteracantha
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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When spiders have fun-nel

funnel spider
Spider ()
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Tarantula

tarantula
Tarantula ()
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Blue striped water spider

spider
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Taking it in stride

spider
Water strider (Aquarius?)
Family: Gerridae (water striders)
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014
Canon 50D

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Scorpion with eggs

scorpion
Pseudoscorpion ()
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
The Pantanal
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Scorpion in a cup

scorpion in a cup
Scorpion ()
Clinic
Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Other inverts

Snail shell

snail shell

Apple snail (Pomacea)
Family: Ampullariidae (apple snails)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Flora

Fiddlehead

purple fiddlehead

Fern
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Marc

passiflora

Marcgravia
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Amaryllis

purple flower

Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
Pantanal, Brazil
August 27, 2014
Canon 50D

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Amaryllis

red flower

Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Fire ant tree

fire ant tree

Fire ant tree (Triplaria brasiliana) - female
Family: Polygonaceae
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon 5Dmark2

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Fire ant tree

fire ant tree

Fire ant tree (Triplaria brasiliana) - female
Family: Polygonaceae
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon 5Dmark2

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Melastoma

melastoma

Clidemia capitellata
Family: Melastomataceae (melastome family) The Pantanal
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Purple flower

purple flower

Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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Purple flower

purple flower


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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purple flower


Pantanal, Brazil
August 22, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Strangler

strangler

Strangler fig
Pantanal, Brazil
August 22, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Papaya

papaya

Papaya ()

Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Orange flower

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Pod

purple flower

Lipstick tree (Bixa orellana)
Family: Bixaceae
Pantanal, Brazil
August 27, 2014
Canon 50D

Source of annatto, from the seeds

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Cactus

purple flower

Cactus ()
Pantanal, Brazil
August 27, 2014
Canon 50D

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Gall

purple flower

Gall ()
Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Floral cowboy

red flower

The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Acari palm nuts

acari palm nuts

Urucuri or acuri palm (Attalea phalerata)
The Pantanal
The food of choice of the hyacinth macaw
August, 2014

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Kapok and palm

kapok and palm

The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Kapok seed

kapok seed

August, 2014

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Bark

bark

August, 2014

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Leaf

leaf

Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Red flower

red flower

Heart leaf hibiscus (Hibiscus martianus)
Family: Malvaceae
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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red flower

Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Twisted grass

twisted grass

Grass ()
Family: Poaceae
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Giant water lilies

Pads

lily pads

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
Porto Jofre
The Pantanal
August 16, 2014

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Flower

flower

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

Florivory

flower

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Bud

flower

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

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Close-up

giant lily close-up

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

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Lone flower

lone flower

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

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Lone flower among giants

lone flower among giants

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

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A lily respite for Darwin

darwin on giant lily

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
August, 2014

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Small cluster of giants

giant water lily

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense
August 27, 2014

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Forest of giant

giant water lily

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense
August 27, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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When the sun sets on the giant water lilies

giant water lily at sunset

Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica)
Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense
August 27, 2014

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Fungi and friends

Pink growth

pink growth

Gall
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Lichens rock out

fungi on rock
Lichen
The Pantanal

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Lichens

lichen
Lichen
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Food

Our first lunch in Cuiadá

our first lunch
August 9, 2014

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Fellow travelers

The Pantanal starts here

the pantanal starts here
August, 2014

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The group

the group swimming
August 10, 2014

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Morgan reads personalized limmericks

morgan reading limmericks
Cuiabá
August 30, 2014

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Happy birthday Emma

happy birthday emma
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Tito

Tito with kapok mustache
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Combing Emma's hair

Combing Emma's hair
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Ocellot evolution

Megan with Charles
Megan
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
PCER
August, 2014

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Nose ornament

Martell with butterfly
SESC Center
August, 2014

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Kiss of the butterfly

Sarah with butterfly
Sarah
SESC Center
August, 2014

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Martell drenched

martell drenched
Chapada
August, 2014

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Coming up for air

Palani with mask
SESC Center
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Morgan and friend

morgan and friend
SESC Center
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Matt in the hat

matt in the hat
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Morgan and Marc

morgan gets passionate
Marcgravia
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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The group in Chapada

the group in chapada
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães)
August 10, 2014

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The group by the waterfall

the group by the waterfall
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães)
August 10, 2014

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In the waterfall

in the waterfall
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães)
August 10, 2014

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The group above the Pantanal

the group above the Pantanal
August, 2014

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Going nuts in Chapada

going nuts in the Pantanal
Claire, Sarah, and Calum
Chapada

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Christina goes fishing

christina with dish
This rather large fish actually jumped into our boat.
Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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Fishkiss

August 24, 2014
Pantanal, Brazil
Canon 50D

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Fish

August 24, 2014
Pantanal, Brazil
Canon 50D

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Taken with a fish eye lens

August 24, 2014
Pantanal, Brazil
Canon 50D

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Cooks

ethan and cole
Ethan and Cole
August, 2014

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Caipirinha

caipirinha
Celebrating Cole's helping me to spot and photograph a trogon
Caipirinha is the Brazilian national cocktail
With Cole, Morgan, Catie, and me
Jaguar Lodge
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Megan timing her juggle

megan with soccer ball
August, 2014

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Morgan has a ball

morgan with soccer ball
August 9, 2014

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Martell and coke

martell and coke
August 9, 2014

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Why didn't I get the memo about plaid?

plaid
August 9, 2014

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Ethan and Suélen ethan and friend

Ethan Shirley and Suélen Leite
São Bento School near Porto Jofre
August, 2014

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Calum and Martell

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Megan invested

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Merriment

merriment
August, 2014

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Group at Panthera

group at Panthera
Porto Jofré
August, 2014

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People

At the museum

brazilian guy
Cuiabá
August 29, 2014

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Girl

brazilian girl
Cuiabá
August 29, 2014

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Two girls

two brazilian girls
Cuiabá
August 29, 2014

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Smiling girl

smiling girl
August, 2014

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Three girls

3 girls
August, 2014

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3 friends

cuiaba
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon rebel T51

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Girl

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Girl

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Girl and Darwin

cuiaba
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon rebel T51

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Emma's birthday

cuiaba
Cuiabá zoo
The Pantanal
August 29, 2014
Canon rebel T51

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Scola Basica

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Girl with Brazil dress at clinic

girl with Brazil dress
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Caretaker

caretaker
Poconé
August 27, 2014

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Fishing

pantanal 2014
()
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Araras ecolodge

pantanal 2014
Hyacinth macaw ()
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Truckin'

pantanal 2014
()
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Casa do zico

pantanal 2014
()
The Pantanal
August 23, 2014
Canon 50D

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Darwin's little duck

swallow

Duck ()
Family: Anatidae -
August 24, 2014
Canon 50D

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Young girl

young girl
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Paulina, Charles, and Bob

Pauliina, Charles, and Bob
Flotel
August, 2014

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Charlie, Charlie, and Bob

pantanal


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Selso, Charles, and Bob

Selso, Charles, and Bob
This guy was one of the happiest people I ever met
He was also the person who took us horseback riding
By PCER
August, 2014

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Three teachers

three teachers
Suélen, Chuckie, and me
São Bento School near Porto Jofre
August, 2014

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Two trees

two trees
with Rodrigo Rascher
Chapada
August, 2014

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Safari truck

safari truck
PCER
August, 2014

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Jono!

Jono mermin
Ran into Jono, Beckie, and the girls at SFO en route to Atlanta.
Jono was the first TA for my undergraduate course The Impact of AIDS
We also overlapped in med school.
August 5, 2014

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Bob

Fun with kapok

mustache
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Snorkeling

snorkeling
Chapada dos Guimarães
August 11, 2014

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Pacu and Bob

pacu and bob
Pacu
Poconé
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Living dangerously

living dangerously
Chapada
August, 2014

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Drenched

drenched
Chapada
August, 2014

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Darwin and wannabe

darwin and wannabe
Forest near Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Riparian meditation

riparian meditation
Chapada
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Jabbering

jabbering
Jabaru
August, 2014
The Pantanal

Hyacinth

hyacinth
Hyacinth macaw
Bob
The Pantanal
August 16, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Another fish story

bob with fish
August 29, 2014

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Bob and babe

bob and babe
PCER
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Appreciative students

appreciative students
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Back in the saddle

back in the saddle
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Nose ornament

nose ornament
Blue morpho
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Camera ornament

camera ornament
Blue morpho
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Rabies

Foreshadowing

rabies vaccination
Poconé
August, 2014


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Rabies takes a poke at Bob

rabies vaccination
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Rabies immune globulin

rabies immunoglobulin
Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Successfully given

rabies immunoglobulin successfully given
Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Vaccinate me here

vaccinate me here
The significance of this is that one arm is spared rabies immune globulin (RIG) infection and that is where the first does of the actual rabies vaccine is given. Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Hospital head

head of hospital, darwin, and me
The head of the hospital was extremely helpful in facililtating our ability to get rabies immunoglobulin Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Shooting the shooter

shooting the shooter
Rabies vaccination
Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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I felt like I was doubly protected.

vaccinator, vaccine, and mary
Rabies vaccination
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Shot in the arm

shot in the arm
Rabies vaccination
Cuiabá
August 18, 2014

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Influenza vaccine shirt

influenza vaccine shirt
This was worn by one of the rabies vaccine clinic nurses.
It provides protection against griping.
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Rabies guidelines

rabies guidelines
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Sala de vacina

sala de vacina
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Yellow card

yellow card
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Vaccinated

vaccinated
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Fun with vaccines

fun with vaccines
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Saved my life

saved my life
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Mosquito nets

mosquito nets
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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The virus doctor

virus doctor
Flotel
August, 2014

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Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães)

Waterfall

chapada
Chapada National Park
August 10, 2014

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Macaw across the falls

macaw across the falls
Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus)
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Chapada

chapada
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Clinging for life

clinging for life
Cactus ()
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014

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Poconé

When knowing Spanish might get you in troule

233 anos
Poconé
August, 2014

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Poconé

pocone
Poconé
August, 2014

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Pink church

pink church
Poconé
August, 2014

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Pink church

pink church
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Poconé church from above

Pocone church from above
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Blue church

blue church
Pocon&eacte;
August, 2014

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Blue church

blue church
Pocon&eacte;
August, 2014

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Window

window
Pocon&eacte;
August, 2014

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Putting the horse before the cart

horse and cart
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Tommy Cachaça

Tommy Cachaca
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Recycling

recycling
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Window

window
Poconé
August, 2014

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Water in the wetlands

water in the wetlands
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Aviators three

aviators three
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Selfie above the Pantanal

selfie above the pantanal
Poconé
August 8, 2014

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Mining

When trucks get down in the dumps

dump truck

Gold mine
near Poconé
August, 2014

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Gold mines from above

gold mines
Gold mine
near Poconé
August, 2014

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The laboratory

Samples

lab samples
This abandoned laboratory was where I had a very serious allergic reaction on my last trip to the Pantanal.
The reaction occurred after being stunk and opening a cabinette door, which unfortunately disturbed a hidden vespid nest.
Although many of the buildings remain, three years later, the site of the attack has been torn down.
August, 2014

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Plant in window

lab samples
This plant is actually growing inside an abandoned building.
August, 2014

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Jaguar Lodge

Welcome

sign at jaguar lodge
August, 2014

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Orphanage

Dinner at the orphanage

dinner at the orphanage
August, 2014

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Oven at the orphanage

oven at the orphanage
August, 2014

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Flotel

Flotel

flotel
August, 2014

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River

How our luggage traveled to the national park

pantanal - speedboat, boat spray


Pantanal, Brazil
August 26, 2014
Canon 50D

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Fishing boat

fishing boat
August, 2014

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Misc

My luggage finally arrived

grave
Poconá
August, 2014

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In memorium

grave
Small cementary near Ecoa
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Carrots

carrots
Market in Cuiabá
August, 2014

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Antarctica in the Pantanal

antaractica in the pantanal
Cuiabá
August, 2014

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The view from my window

the view from my window
Poconé
August, 2014

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Wisdom from a butt

wisdom from a butt
Along the Transpantaneira
August, 2014

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When the Brazilian students arrived

escolar bus
PCER
August, 2014

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I am not sure why they need a store for this

oral sin
But I can understand why that store might be surrounded by barbed wire
Cuiab&aacte;
August, 2014

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Transpantaneira Highway

Transpantaneira from the eira

transpantaneira from the air
August, 2014

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Dawn on the bridge

dawn on the bridge
August, 2014

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Leaving us in their dust

leaving us in their dust
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Termite town

termite town
Termites
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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The bridge by Jaguar Lodge

the bridge by Jaguar Lodge
One of 122 wooden bridges
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Below the surface

below the surface
The bridge near Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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PCER

PCER
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Landscapes

pantanal landscape
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Pantanal from above

pantanal landscape
The Pantanal
August 8, 2014

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Solar rays on

The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Crazed over the Pantanal

jumping over the pantanal
The Pantanal
August 27, 2014

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Where the Pantanal ends

where the pantanal ends
Amolar Hills from the Paraguay River
August 27, 2014

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Sunset

First evening

first evening - sunset
August, 2014

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On the water

sunset on the water
The Pantanal
August 24, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

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Requisite sunset

requisite sunset
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Avian eclipse

avian eclipse
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Supermoon

supermoon
The Pantanal
August, 2014

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Participants

+ Morgan Elizabeth Abbett
+ Palani Robert Akana
+ Matt Mitchell Benjamin
+ Sarah Espaldon
+ Megan Marie Good
+ Martell Amelia Hesketh
+ Catie Marie Mong
+ Christina Nicole Morrisett
+ Cole Raymond Stites-Clayton
+ Calum You
+ Claire Zabel

+ Emma Lassiter, course assistant
+ Ethan Shirley, tour provider and guide
+ Tito Falcão , guide
+ Robert Siegel, professor

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Itinerary: August 5 - 31, 2014 in progress

August 5-6, 2014 en route - SFO to Poconé
August 6-9, 2014 Poconé
August 9-10, 2014 Cuiabá
August 10-11, 2014 Chapada
August 11-13, 2014 Poconé
August 13-17, 2014 Jaguar Lodge / PCER
August 17-19, 2014 Cuiabá
August 19-22, 2014 Jaguar Lodge / PCER
August 22-25, 2014 Flotel
August 25-28, 2014 Ecoa
August 28-30, 2014 Cuiabá
August 30-31, 2014 en route - Cuiabá to SFO

+ August 5, 2014 - Depart SFO to Atlanta on Delta

+ August 6, 2014 - Brasilia to Cuiabá to Poconé

Luggage did not arrive in Cuiabá
Met at the airport by Eliton
Drive to Poconé
Stop to take some pix by the gold mines
Arrive Pousada Pantaneira (Hotel e Churrascaria Pousada Pantaneira)
Dinner with Ethan and Cole at Versao Brasilero Restaurant in Poconé

+ August 7, 2014 - Poconé

Breakfast at the hotel
Spent most of the day working in the room
Pictures of hotel barbeque
Walk into Poconé in afternoon - beautiful sunset
Dinner at the orphanage with Ethan and Cole
Bags finally arrived in Poconé around 10 pm
+ August 8, 2014 - Poconé

Breakfast at the hotel
Work in the room
Walk into 20, Pocone in afternoon
Met by Cole and Ethan
Drive to Pocone airport
Pantanal flyover in small plane with Cole, Ethan, me and pilot Adilio
Dinner with Ethan and Cole - in town - Forno D'Lenha Pizza restarant
+ August 9, 2014 - Poconé to Cuiabá

Drive to Cuiabá airport to pick up students
Check-in to hotel
Lunch at restaurant across from hotel
Walk waround Cuiabá
Dinner with entire group except Palani
+ August 10, 2014 - Cuiabá to Chapada

Drive to Chapada Dos Guimarães
Make sandwiches, meet up with Andre
Hike to waterfall - swimming, lunch
Hike to second water hole - swimming
Hike to big waterfall - watch vultures and macaws flying across waterfall
Encounter birdman - Rodrigo Rascher
Dinner at Restaurante Mamamia - pizza
+ August 11, 2014 - Chapada to Poconé

Snorkeling with fish in river, float with current
Lunch at Cleber's place
Drive to Poconé
Dinner at Versao Brasilero Restaruant in Poconé
+ August 12, 2014 - Poconé

Drive to SESC facility - stop en route to take pictures of birds
Tour of SESC facility
Butterfly house
Picnic lunch in gazebo
Lost phone at SESC
Drive back to Poconé
Student presentions in classroom
Frisbee and soccer with kids
Dinner at Orphanage
+ August 13, 2014 - Poconé to Jaguar Lodge / PER

Breakfast at hotel
Stop at grocery store in Pocon&eacte;
Drive out Transpantaneira Highway - making stops
Stop for Seriema
Araras Lodge
Walk out to and climb Monkey Tower - howler and capuchin monkeys, marsh deer
Lunch at Araras
Tour of facility by Akhila Krusic
Head to PCER
Mating jabiru storks
Silhouette of jaguar in truck lights
Check into Jaguar Lodge
Dinner at PCER
+ August 14, 2014 - Jaguar Lodge; PCER

+ August 15, 2014 - Jaguar Lodge; PCER

Walk down road to Selso's farm - farm animals
Breakfast at PCER
Walk in the woods - timamous and trogons
Student talks - #3 Matt- Jaguar, #4 Megan - ocelot
Evening, night drive - beautiful sunset
Observations on color
Ethan returns with Maha, groceries, Sarah's suitcase, my phone!
+ August 16, 2014 - Jaguar Lodge; PCER

Breakfast at Jaguar Lodge
7:30 departure
Drive down to Porto Jofré
Stop in Campo Jofré by great-horned owls
Talk by researchers at Panthera.com
Walk out by giant waterlilies
Late lunch at PCER
+ August 17, 2014 - PCER to Cuiabá

6:00 am meet-up for walk
Girls discover bat in their room
Dinner in Poconé
Continue on to Cuiabá
Stay at D'Luca Hotel
+ August 18, 2014 - Cuiabá

Stay over at D'Luca
Breakfast at hotel
Transport by cab between clinics/ hospitals
4 clinics to get rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine
Late dinner at D'Luca hotel
+ August 19, 2014 - Cuiabá to PCER

Breakfast at hotel
Class discussion in the lobby
Drive to Poconé
Lunch in Poconé
Drive back to PCER
+ August 20, 2014 - PCER

Piranha fishing
Horseback riding through gallery forest with Seso
Late afternoon/evening drive to Tito's families fazenda
Spotlighting on the way back
Dinner at PCRER including piranha consumé - very salty
+ August 21, 2014 - PCER

Students went to Cuiabá to get second rabies booster
Breakfast at Jaguar Lodge
Walk to bridge for sunrise with Brazilian students
Gallery forest walk with Emma and Tito - in search of tinamous and trogons
Student presentations to Brazilian students
+ August 22, 2014 - PCER to Flotel

Walk to bridge for sunrise
Drive to Porto Jofré
Hyacinth macaws in tree by dock
Fast boats to Flotel - one for us, one for our luggage
Afternoon boat drive
Dinner on Flotel
Talk on upper deck by Charles Munn
+ August 23, 2014 - Flotel

Breakfast on Flotel
Morning boat drive
Giant river otters
Swimming in the river
Student observations: edges
+ August 24, 2014 - Flotel, Cuiabá River

6:00 Breakfast on Flotel
Boat outing
Jaguar sightings with many other boats
Lunch on flotel
2:30 afternoon outing
More jaguar sightings
Fish jump in boat
Observations - rhymed couplet or limmerick
Third and last night on Flotel
+ August 25, 2014 - Flotel to Ecoa

6:00 am - Third and last breakfast on the Flotel
6:42 am departure - boat outing
San Lorenzo River
solitary female howler,
LOTS of caiman - one with fish in its mouth,
giant river otters - eventually all climbed into den
capybara - baby with hiccoughs
+ August 26, 2014 - Ecoa

+ August 27, 2014 - Ecoa

Breakfast at Ecoa
Boat to park
Hike to top of the Ridge - great views
Refreshments at the house of the caretaker and his wife
+ August 28, 2014 - Ecoa to Cuiabá

pre4:00 am wake-up
breakfast at Ecoa
5:15 departure whikle still dark
crash boat out of channel into wall of hyacinth
arrive Porto Jofré
+ August 29, 2014 - Cuiabá

Breakfast at hotel
Fish market
Aquarium
Cuiabá
Dinner at Lebanese restaurant - celebrate Emma's birthday
+ August 30, 2014 - Cuiabá to Sao Paulo and on to US

Breakfast at hotel
Pack
Cab to airport with Cole and Christina - Ethan met us at the airport
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Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Stanford, to all the people in BOSP, and to Peter and Helen Bing for making this trip possible
Thanks to Richard Roth for connecting me with Charles Munn and for helping revealing Emma's connection to Brazil and for out many dish walk discussions of the Pantanal and photography
Thanks to Charlie and Paulina for a fabulous experience on the Flotel.
Thanks to Maha and to the many Brazilians who helped us obtain rabies immuneglobulin and vaccine.
Thanks to the seminar students who shared this amazing trip with me and put up with early awakenings and long bus rides to experience the wonders of Chapada and the Pantanal
Thanks to all the interesting people we met along the way - some of whose names I know and many I do not.
These include Akhila Krusic (Araras), Silvia Kataoka (SESC), Rodrigo Rascher, Robertito, Andre Moratelli, Cleber, N'hole, Anyore, Suzanne and Bill O'Malley, Suélen Leite, Nick Garbutt (by email), Vic Banks (by email and phone), Yuko Ohmori (en route), Jono and Beckie (en route),

-->And my very, very special thanks to Ethan, Tito, and Emma.

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