the pantanal was incredible. we stayed at an eco-resort called refugio de ilha. it was unseasonably cold and we had no heat, but even that wasn´t so bad,. it gave us something to joke about.
a few days ago our guide took us out on horseback to look for wildlife. we had made it only a few hundred meters when he motioned for us to dismount, and tied our horses to a fencepost. he spoke quickly to my brother in portugese. what, what is it? i asked. anteater, my brother whispered. our guide examined some nearby brush, and then led us, low and creeping, into the woods. we hunched close to the ground and made massive amounts of noise trying not to step on dried branches and twigs. fortunately it was our smell, not our sound, that the animal was wary of and we were downwind. ever few paces ari would stop, examine the brush, and then start in a different direction. we stayed a few steps behind. finally he motioned for us to come up beside him, quietly quietly. there, 5 feet away from us, was this:
the giant anteater. as ari would say - fantastico
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