Jaguar spotting in Brazil: Gorgeous cats among the many creatures found in vast Pantanal wetlands

[Judi Lynn]

Jaguar spotting in Brazil: Gorgeous cats among the many creatures found in vast Pantanal wetlands

Anita Den Dikken, Vancouver Sun 07.06.2016 |

It is a blisteringly hot afternoon in the Brazilian jungle. I am in a boat on the Cuiaba River, watching for movement on the banks.

We slow down; our guide has spotted something through the vegetation. A golden coat with black rosettes comes into view; two jaguars, lying side by side in the shade. They look content. As if shy of us, one moves away from the other and settles down a short distance away. Entranced, we watch and wait. Finally, one makes its way to the river below and cools offin the water. He looks at us, but clearly we are no threat to him.

I am on an “Extreme Jaguar Expedition” run by the Arcana Mundi company. The location is the Pantanal region of Brazil, northwest of Sao Paulo. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world and is half the size of France. This area is where you go if you want to see jaguars. The prospect of seeing these gorgeous felines in the wild has brought me and 10 fellow travellers here. I am the lone Canadian; there are four couples and John, a lone man from San Francisco, and Ginny, a woman from England. With his impressive camera equipment, John has been designated as our official tour photographer.

This tour is six days in length, four nights of which are spent in a floating hotel (flotel) on the Cuiaba River. We are taken out on river expeditions twice a day, for four hours each time. Arcana Mundi guarantees at least one jaguar sighting during the five days of our stay; clients are refunded US$1,000 if there is no sighting.

More:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/jaguar+spotting+brazil+gorgeous+cats+among+many+creatures+found/12042250/story.html

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In the Pantanal, a jaguar followed by a black jaguar!



Mom with kids in Brazil's Pantanal

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More Brazilian Jaguar photos:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Brazil+Jaguar+Pantanal&biw=1321&bih=603&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIv7eV6e_NAhUS6WMKHdqzCUgQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=_

If you haven't seen photos of Brazil's Pantanal region, you might be amazed by these photos:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Brazil+Jaguar+Pantanal&biw=1321&bih=603&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIv7eV6e_NAhUS6WMKHdqzCUgQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=Brazil+Pantanal

[apcalc]

1. Don't let people know...the Trump boys will be out to shoot the cats.

[Judi Lynn]

3. They will do anything they think might impress someone, no matter what the cost, or harm it does.

Most destructive people in the world. Born without a shadow of a conscience.

Morality is for losers, as they seem to see it.

What a shame someone couldn't bring them down before they shot up Africa's wildlife.

Posing with their dead victims makes them look like insane fools.

[yourpaljoey]

2. wow