Today we have Robert Lang‘s last contribution from his trip to Brazil’s Pantanal region, and they are all videos. Robert’s captions are indented, and of course you can expand the videos by clicking on the broken square at the lower right.
Readers’ Wildlife Photos: The Pantanal, Part XIII: Videos
For this last installment from our mid-2025 journey to the Pantanal in Brazil, a few videos that I shot on iPhone during our travels.
Leaf-cutter ants (unknown species). Perhaps our entomologist friends can identify them?
White-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) at night. (I have been very impressed by the night capabilities of iPhones.)
Caimans (subfamily Caimaninae) at a drying watering hole.
Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). We approached this one on fit. Their eyesight is terrible (and hearing is not so great either), so since we approached from downwind, it ignored us.
Crab-eating fox and kits (Cerdocyon thous). Hard not to overdose on cuteness with these.
A giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), chowing down on a fish.
Jaguar (Panthera onca) yawning. Impressive. One can see how one of these can bite through the skull of a caiman (or pretty much anything else it feels the urge for).
Jaguar roaring. This is a female, so she’s announcing her readiness for mating.
Very nice! I love the parade of the peccaries.
Incredible adventure – thanks for these!
Amusing : there’s a Frank Zappa tune The Adventures of Greggery Peccary … just putting that out there…
Thanks! It looks like a fantastic trip. I love the jaguar roaring at the end.
Being so close to an anteater must have been thrilling. What a strange animal. With no good hearing or sight, I wonder how they can survive in the jungle.
Thanks so much!
Wonderful! Love the peccaries!
Those were fun. I enjoyed hearing the human reactions in the background. The peccaries (we call them javelinas) are ubiquitous in Tucson — not sure if ours are of the exact same species. As we’ve encroached on their habitat and more humans take to the unfortunate habit of feeding them, we’re witnessing more scuffles between dog-walkers and roaming herds. I wish more humans would learn to respect wildlife.
I could use an anteater in my back yard, ha ha.