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Cute Otters
Kristina's Giant Otter Photos Posted by Peter in Otter Pictures Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) Kristina sent me these pictures of some giant river otters. I actually don't know much about the giant otter so here's a quick definition from Wikipedia: The Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is an amphibious ...
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EcologyFund.com, Amazon Info - Save, preserve and protect Amazon Basin rainforest for free
Among the animals found here are pink river dolphin, manatee, jaguar, ocelot, margay, giant otter, and paiche (the world's largest freshwater fish), and ... threatened or endangered fauna including red uakari monkeys, giant river otters, manatees, tapir, primates, the huge air-breathing fish (Arapaima gigas), and giant river turtles (Podcnemis expansa). The green area on ...
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Ecotour - Destination - Fazenda Rio Negro
Canoeing, horseback riding, and catch-and-release ... capybaras, giant river otters, giant anteaters, tapirs, and many more species are often spotted in the vicinity of the fazenda, even the occasional jaguar. Canoe Trips and Horseback Riding. River ...
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ACT for Kids: Teacher’s Guide
Electric eels, secretive stingrays, sharks, and razor-toothed piranhas also swim here. Long-nosed pink river dolphins click and clack and squeak, using echolocation, like the fish-eating bats above them ... on underwater plants and communicate with each other by muzzle-to-muzzle touching and chirps. Giant river otters, one of the most endangered mammals in the world, frolic and play, but become deadly ...
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Brazil/Bolivia
Giant Anteater, Black Howler Monkey, Marsh Deer (a highly endangered species, due ... there we took a short motorboat ride to see some engaging Giant River Otters, and of course, more bird life. Then we were off to ... stay in, along a small tributary of the Mamora River where you can see Pink River Dolphins. One of the other spectacular sites in ...
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ARA Summer 2001
Keeping in mind that this is a ecotourism adventure (meaning that ... lake completely undisturbed and for this I commend them, as these otters are, unfortunately, highly endangered. After three days of hiking the many ... from the river than the last time we were at TRC. Last year the river had washed away a lot of the river bank, but ...
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WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests
Andes. You'd see unusual oxbow lakes and meandering river systems that create a mosaic of different habitats within the region. High rainfall, relatively complex ... ecoregion is one of the last refuges in the world for jaguars, harpy eagles, and giant river otters. If you were to visit the region, you might see a small mammal called a ...
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National Geographic: Amazon River & Flooded Forests -- Links
Sectionid=115&contentid=171 Learn more about this rich ecoregion's biodiversity and threats. Giant River Otters http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/speciessection.cfm?sectionid=122&newspaperid=21&contentid=630 Get ... Dispatches from a Vanishing Frontier. Plume, 1998. Book Smith, Nigel J. H. The Amazon River Forest: A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People. Oxford University Press, 1999. TOP ...
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OTTERNET.COM Species Profiles- Giant Otter
Alone, a Giant Otter usually hunts in shallow water. There, fish try to hide in the foilage. In a day, the Giant Otter can eat 6-9 pounds of seafood. The Giant ... footed ferrets in North America. Sociality Giant Otters live in groups called holts. Each holt has a territory, and different holts territories do not overlap. Giant Otters are very social animals living in family ...
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Biodiversity-Giant Otter
Giant Otter is the world’s largest otter species. Giant Otters have velvety, reddish-brown, waterproof fur and have a cream-colored patch on their chests. The Giant Otters' long sinewy bodies ... fish, which make up the vast majority of their diets. Giant Otters are found in the Orinoco, Amazon, and La Plata river systems in South America. They thrive in slow moving rivers, lakes ...
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