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New Trip Reports: Sri Lanka and the Pantanal
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, Oriental, 1
I have just got back from Tanzania where – on either side of working – I had two mammal filled...
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Mammals in the News
Jon Hall, , Africa, Australasia, Central and South America, Europe and the Palearctic, North American, 0
Some interesting articles about conservation this week, starting with Tom Friedman’s report on the IUCN’s Decennial “World Parks Congress”....
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Anyone want to join us for a long weekend bat blitz in Costa Rica?
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, Costa Rica, 0
If you read my short report yesterday about Sylvan in Costa Rica you might understand why I am in...
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Planning trip to Ecuador
Manul, , Central and South America, 4
Hi everyone! We are planning to go to Ecuador on February and decided to certainly go to Bellavista and...
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Stranding Dolphins
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, 0
Some unusual film of a pod of Common Dolphins as they strand on a Brazilian beach http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21575-what-made-30-dolphins-come-ashore-in-brazil.html Jon
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Maned Wolf video
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, 0
Here is some nice video of the Maned Wolf at Caraca in Brazil from Lee Dingain’s blog http://leedingain.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-what-long-legs-youve-got.html
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Some recent articles that might be of interest
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, Oriental, 0
Clouded Leopard research in Borneo http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/unraveling-the-secrets-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-mysterious-big-cats/ Camera Trap Images from Karnataka (especially Sloth Bears) http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/curious-bears-take-selfies-with-camera-traps/ A recap of some...
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New Trip Report: Paraguay
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, 1
Here’s a report from Jon Lehmberg of a 2014 visit to Paraguay, a great destination for mammals. Paraguay, 2014:...
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This is quite well known. If I remember rightly researchers in Texas surveying for Ocelots first discovered the attraction of Obsession to cats and I believe it’s also been used successfully to attract Asiatic Cheetahs in Iran. Friends in Peru have successfully used it to camera trap Pumas and have great shots of the Pumas literally rubbling themselves in the scent!
Has anyone used this successfully for recreational mammal watching?