Creatures of the Várzea

This entry will be light on text and heavy on pictures just to show you some of the critters I saw last year when I was in Brazil- and I won't bore you with my writing.  

Domestic animals (horses and cattle) in the várzea


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Caiman catching (for research of course)


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Turtles and and a Turtle Nursery


And Many, Many More...! 


Also, there are a ton of interesting fish species in the Amazon (many are tasty!):

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Many Fish!


And last but not least, the reason why I'm in Brazil, the arapaima!

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Arapaima being harvested at a community lake*


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* – pictures courtesy of Rafael Sá Leitão Barboza