BRAZILIAN GIANT OTTERS + EXTRAS !!

Giant otter
D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1000, ISO 1100

The giant otter, once roaming Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Fresh Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname & Venezuela have been & is severely threatened by extinction. The specie has today lost approx. 80 % of it`s original distribution and the world population is now estimated between 2 000 & 5 000 individuals. The most important remaining sites are now the Amazon, Guiana & the Pantanal.

A male giant otter can weight up to 35 kg measuring up to 2,4 m incl. tail. With it`s beaver shaped tail  (!) it can swim like a torpedo ....  and basic food is fish (piranhas !!), but also amphibians, reptiles incl. small anacondas and smaller mammals.

All pictures shot Pantanal, western Brazil, Nov. 2016.

Giant otter
D5, 600 4,0, f/ 6,3, 1/1000, ISO 800

Giant otter
D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1000, ISO 1100

Giant otter
D5, 600 4,0

Giant otter

D5, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1000, ISO 2000

Giant otter
D5, 600 4,0, f/ 5,6, 1/1000, ISO 1800

Giant otter & striated heron
D5, 600 4,0

Giant otters
D5, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1000, ISO 2000

Giant otters
D5, 600 4,0, f/ 5,6, 1/1000, ISO 2500

Giant otters
D5, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1250, ISO 1100

Giant otter

D5, 600 4,0, f/ 6,3, 1/1250, ISO 450

Giant otter

D5, 600 4,0, f/ 6,3, 1/1250, ISO 900

Lesser yellowfaced vulture
D5, 600 4,0, F/ 6,3, 1/1000, ISO 500

Southern caracal
D5, 600 4,0, f/ 6,3, 1/320, ISO 900

Rufescent heron
D5, 600 4,0, f/4,0, 1/800, ISO 900

Anhinga
D5, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1000, ISO 3600

Toco Toucan
D5, 600 4,0, f/4,0, 1/000, ISO 5000

Great black hawk

D5, 600 ,0, f/4,0, 1/500, ISO 500

The only animal that old Pantanal pioneers feared more than jaguars ... was agressive bees !!
D5, 600 4,0, f/4,5, 1/1250, ISO 18 000