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Author: Shaun

HomePosted by Shaun
3 December 2022
Central and South America
ChileDeerHuemulSouth AmericaTorres del Paine

New Southern huemul hotspot in Torres del Paine

Hi all, As some of you who have been trawling through the Chile trip reports will know, there used to be a habituated huemul at one of Torres del Paine’s hotels. Sadly, per R

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10 October 2022
Central and South America
BrazilcaraçaManed Wolf

An in-depth guide to Santuario do Caraca (AKA the maned wolf monastery)

Good day everyone! As Santuario do Caraca has been getting quite a bit of popularity on here and I happen to have written this guide to it, I thought I’d share here. I’

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23 September 2022
Central and South America
BrazilGolden lion tamarin

Spotting golden lion tamarins for free near one of Brazil’s most popular beach resorts

Hi all, I recently learned of and visited this free alternative to Pocos das Antas reserve, Parque Municipal do Mico Leao Dourado, which has its own population of golden lion tamar

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16 February 2021
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clouded leopardGiant Pandajavan rhinookapipangolinPygmy HipposaolaSnow leopardSumatran Rhino

“The New Big 5” – follow up

Hello all, Many thanks to everybody who commented with suggestions on my last post, the final version is now out there: https://shoestringsafari.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/the-new-bi

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14 February 2021
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big 5Giant Pandajavan rhinookapiSnow leopardSumatran Rhino

“The New Big 5” – looking for comments!

Hello all, I’ve been working on the following text for an upcoming post on my blog, and since most of them are mammals I thought I’d run it through here first. Any comm

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20 December 2019
Central and South America
AmazonRainforestSouth America

Best part of the Amazon?

Hello all, I’m considering doing a grand tour of South America in the future, so I’m for sure going to try and make it to at least one corner of the Amazon. Wanted to a

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24 February 2019
Europe and the Palearctic
AndaluciaDonanalynxSpain

Spanish lynx in Donana

Hello all, I’ll be in Seville and a bunch of other places in western Andalucia for some time in March, and will try to make a trip into Donana NP. Does anyone know what the l

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