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  • Svalbard global seed vault<br />
Longyearbyen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20230602_Svalbard_global_seed_vault_...tif
  • Svalbard global seed vault<br />
Longyearbyen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20230602_Svalbard_global_seed_vault_...tif
  • Svalbard global seed vault<br />
Longyearbyen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20230602_Svalbard_global_seed_vault_...tif
  • Rain forest seed pods<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130530_Rain_forest_seed_pods_4_©Pe...jpg
  • African elephant reaching with trunk to feed on seed pods.  Manu pools NP, Zimbabwe {Loxidonta africana}
    01090681African_elephant.JPG
  • Seed Finches used for gambling in singing contests<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY5737 Singing Finches.jpg
  • Seed Finches used for gambling in singing contests<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY5576 Singing Finches.jpg
  • Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)<br />
Wales<br />
UK
    20240920_Grey_squirrel_118.TIF
  • Grayish saltator (Saltator coerulescens)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20160918_Grayish_saltator_3.tif
  • Achiote (Bixa orellana)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP4612 Achiote.jpg
  • African elephant reaching upo with trunk to feed on seed pods.  Manu pools NP, Zimbabwe {Loxidonta africana}
    01090692African_elephant.JPG
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1328_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) grooming each other in Bharatpur National Park or Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary. Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
Macaques live in forest edges and in or near villages, towns and temples from up to 2,400 meters elevation in the Himalayas. They are diurnal monkeys and although often shy in the forests, become quite bold in urban areas. They walk and run on all fours feeding on the ground and in trees. They are gregarious and live in troops of up to 50 animals. They are also known to be good swimmers. The feed on insects, shoots, fruit and seeds as well as cultivated crops and small animals. They often store food in their cheek pouches to be eaten later. These monkeys are often captured by rural entertainers to train for village shows.
    IND748_Rhesus_Macaques.tif
  • Medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)<br />
Highlands of Santa Cruz Island<br />
Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These Darwin finches feed on moderately hard seeds taken from ground or plants. Few insects and lavae.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    SC2848_Medium_ground_finch.tif
  • White-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC FAMILY TO MADAGASCAR NUMBERING ONLY 3 SPECIES.<br />
These birds are considered primitive forms of the rail. Although they do fly they are almost exclusively terrestrial. Their nests are rather flimsy structures built low off the ground and accessible without flying. In this species the sexes are simular. They are strictly terrestrial forest species, secretive and active and found in groups of 2 - 4. They feed in the leaf-litter looking for seeds and small insects. At night several individuals may spend the night perched on a low horizontal branch. <br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Closed, deciduous dry forest on sandy soil and underbrush of which is covered with dead leaves. It is only known from 4 locations: Kirindy forest, n of Morondava, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Ankarana and Alalamera Special Reserves.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES: Due to restricted range and degradation of original deciduous dry forest by slash-and-burn and by invasion of forest by dogs and rats - especially near villages.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3526_White-breasted_mesite.jpg
  • Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) grooming each other in Bharatpur National Park or Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary. Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
Macaques live in forest edges and in or near villages, towns and temples from up to 2,400 meters elevation in the Himalayas. They are diurnal monkeys and although often shy in the forests, become quite bold in urban areas. They walk and run on all fours feeding on the ground and in trees. They are gregarious and live in troops of up to 50 animals. They are also known to be good swimmers. The feed on insects, shoots, fruit and seeds as well as cultivated crops and small animals. They often store food in their cheek pouches to be eaten later. These monkeys are often captured by rural entertainers to train for village shows.
    IND777_Rhesus_Macaques.jpg
  • Child selling necklaces on the beach made from seeds and shells found locally.<br />
Mangily, near Ifaty.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6398 Child selling beads.NEF
  • Child selling necklaces on the beach made from seeds and shells found locally.<br />
Mangily, near Ifaty.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6402 Child selling beads.NEF
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA2179_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA2095_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1718_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1695_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1661_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1689_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1567_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1655_Golden-crowned_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1571_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA1557_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) grooming each other in Bharatpur National Park or Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary. Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
Macaques live in forest edges and in or near villages, towns and temples from up to 2,400 meters elevation in the Himalayas. They are diurnal monkeys and although often shy in the forests, become quite bold in urban areas. They walk and run on all fours feeding on the ground and in trees. They are gregarious and live in troops of up to 50 animals. They are also known to be good swimmers. The feed on insects, shoots, fruit and seeds as well as cultivated crops and small animals. They often store food in their cheek pouches to be eaten later. These monkeys are often captured by rural entertainers to train for village shows.
    IND777_Rhesus_Macaques.tif
  • Giant coua (Coua gigas) Berenty Reserve. Southern MADAGASCAR <br />
A large terrestial bird - length 62cm with both sexes similar. They are either solitary or found in family groups. They are fairly secretive and feed on the forest floor on insects and occasionally seeds. It nests about 3-10m off the ground in a bowl-shaped nest made of twigs and branches.<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Deciduous forest, subarid thorn scrub, gallery forest - prefering forest with large trees, because they furnish clear floor without too much vegetation and bushes. They are rare in the south but more abundant in the west.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR.<br />
THREATS: They fall victim to trapping and hunting because of their size.<br />
STATUS: Threatened due to habitat distruction but still common throughout its range.
    MA5041_Giant_coua.jpg
  • White-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC FAMILY TO MADAGASCAR NUMBERING ONLY 3 SPECIES.<br />
These birds are considered primitive forms of the rail. Although they do fly they are almost exclusively terrestrial. Their nests are rather flimsy structures built low off the ground and accessible without flying. In this species the sexes are simular. They are strictly terrestrial forest species, secretive and active and found in groups of 2 - 4. They feed in the leaf-litter looking for seeds and small insects. At night several individuals may spend the night perched on a low horizontal branch. <br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Closed, deciduous dry forest on sandy soil and underbrush of which is covered with dead leaves. It is only known from 4 locations: Kirindy forest, n of Morondava, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Ankarana and Alalamera Special Reserves.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES: Due to restricted range and degradation of original deciduous dry forest by slash-and-burn and by invasion of forest by dogs and rats - especially near villages.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3501_White-breasted_mesite.jpg
  • Milne-Edward's sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve. Western MADAGASCAR<br />
HABITAT: Dry deciduous forest. This species is restricted to the west and north-west of Madagascar. <br />
These are medium-sized nocturnal lemurs with long tails. Weight 600-800 grams. They cling vertically to tree trunks and jump large distances with their powerful hind legs. Tree holes are the preferred sleep sites where they can be seen during the day sunning themselves. They are usually found singularly but as many as 4 individuals can be found sharing large tree holes. They feed mostly on leaves, although some fruits, seeds and flowers are consumed. They have been observed taking moths.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR.<br />
THREATS: Habitat distruction from burning for more cattle pastures. Hunting in some areas.<br />
STATUS: Threatened due to small range and the above threats.
    MA2973_Milne-Edward's_sportive_lemur.jpg
  • Child selling necklaces on the beach made from seeds and shells found locally.<br />
Mangily, near Ifaty.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6427 Child selling beads.NEF
  • Child selling necklaces on the beach made from seeds and shells found locally.<br />
Mangily, near Ifaty.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6448 Child selling beads.NEF
  • Pearl Millet<br />
Uttar Pradesh, India
    20141016_Pearl_Millet_8.jpg
  • Paramo grass<br />
Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20171114_Paramo_grass_1226.tif
  • Pearl Millet<br />
Uttar Pradesh, India
    20141016_Pearl_Millet_16.jpg
  • Pearl Millet<br />
Uttar Pradesh, India
    20141016_Pearl_Millet_6.jpg
  • Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) Mombo area, Chief's Island.<br />
Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
HABITAT: The prefer open grassland or light woodland. Nocturnal and diurnal. They weigh about 8kg's with a shoulder height of 38 cm. They are omnivorous and eat a wide range of foods including carrion, grass, fruit, seed, berries and any living thing they can kill, ie: young antelope, reptiles, insects, small mammals and birds.<br />
Their main predators are: Lions, leopard and hyaena but birds of prey  and python will also take the jackal's pups.
    FF19_Black-backed_jackal.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox (Octocyon megalotis) Duba Plains.<br />
Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
HABITAT: Open plains and dry pans. They are mostly nocturnal but can be seen lying outside of their burrows during the day. They dig their own burrows which can be up to 3 meters deep. They have between 2 and 5 pups after a 2 month gestation period.<br />
Small carnivore weighing about 4kg's with a shoulder height of 30cm.<br />
These small carnivores eat mostly insects, termites, locusts, grasshoppers and beetles. Sometimes they eat fruit, small rodents, reptiles, seeds, scorpions and carrion. Their large ears provide for sensitive hearing so they are able to hear termites underground and then dig them up. They also provide a large surface area which helps the fox to lose heat which is vital as they tend to live in hot regions.<br />
Bat-eared foxes are prone to rabies and during the 80's a rabies outbreak serverely depleted their numbers in Southern Africa.
    C54_Bat-eared_fox_&_pups.tif
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana)<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula.<br />
They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-14_4A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2958_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2317_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2136_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2100_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Carapace (Podocnemis expansa) Eneida Marin (Project co-ordinator) showing Danielson Llorente & Franklin Tovar the way to mark the numeration. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
(mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1960_Giant_River_Turtle_Carapace.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after Biometric data taken being carried back to river by Franklin Tobar.<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1746_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after laying eggs and ID marked returns to river. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1715_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) carapace marked for future ID by Franklin Tovar & Eneida Marin (Co-ordinator of project)<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED<br />
Playita, Orinoco River, 110 Km n of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. S America. <br />
L +- 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 wks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development and lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the 1st year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. Then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who spend the 1st year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1615_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)  CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 <br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1453_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)  CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 <br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1439_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)  CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 <br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1431_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)  CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 <br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1424_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after laying eggs and ID marked returns to river. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1184_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after laying eggs and ID marked returns to river. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1170_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa) being followed by Danielson LLorente<br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR865_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Giant River Turtles sunning on sand bank (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR771_Giant_River_Turtles.jpg
  • Giant River Turtles sunning on sand bank (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR768_Giant_River_Turtles.jpg
  • Giant River Turtles sunning on sand bank (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR745_Giant_River_Turtles.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) ashore to lay eggs. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Pararuma Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR466_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • White-lipped peccaries (Tayassu peccari) Mother & piglets. <br />
VERY RARE TO HAVE 4 PIGLETS. STUDIES SHOW 1 - 3 IS THE NORM. PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: se Veracruz State, Mexico to n Argentina. In wet tropical forests, dry tropical forests, tropical wooded savanna and thorn scrub. <br />
Peccaries are omnivorous but prefer fruit, seeds, roots and stems. They are gregarious and live in large groups. This group numbered over 1,000 animals which is very rare as today they are severly hunted and are suffering from habitat distruction as they need large territores.
    24080_White-lipped_peccaries.tif
  • Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) <br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO THE ISLANDS<br />
RANGE: Found on all islands in the Galapagos except Tower, Española, Darwin and Worf.<br />
It prefers the lowlands and transitional zones although it can be found feeding in the farm zones.<br />
Feeds on fallen fruit and poison apple, tree flowers, leaf buds, young green leaves, caterpillars, seeds and small insects. Some individuals have been seen cleaning parasites from the skin of giant tortoises on Alcedo Volcano on Isabela Island and on Marine Iguanas on Plazas Island.
    1G2006_Medium_Ground_Finch.tif
  • Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) in nest<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO THE ISLANDS<br />
RANGE: Found on all islands in the Galapagos except Tower, Española, Darwin and Worf.<br />
It prefers the lowlands and transitional zones although it can be found feeding in the farm zones.<br />
Feeds on fallen fruit and poison apple, tree flowers, leaf buds, young green leaves, caterpillars, seeds and small insects. Some individuals have been seen cleaning parasites from the skin of giant tortoises on Alcedo Volcano on Isabela Island and on Marine Iguanas on Plazas Island.
    1G1673_Medium_Ground_Finch.tif
  • White-fronted capuchin monkeys playing with local dog on the beach (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22635_White-fronted_capuchins.jpg
  • White-fronted capuchin monkeys on the beach (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22467_White-fronted_capuchins.jpg
  • White-fronted capuchin monkey in river looking for food. (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22441_White-fronted_capuchin.jpg
  • White-fronted capuchin monkey  at river eating a fish that it has just caught (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22492_White-fronted_capuchin.jpg
  • White-fronted capuchin monkey in river looking for food. (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22472_White-fronted_capuchin.jpg
  • White-fronted capuchin monkey in river looking for food. (Cebus albifrons) WILD MONKEY FORMING PART OF A TROOP LIVING IN THE JUNGLE TOWN OF PUERTO MISAHUALLI<br />
Puerto Misahualli, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    22430_White-fronted_capuchin.jpg
  • Common Woolly Monkey (Lagothris lagothricha)<br />
Amazoonico Animal Rescue Center CAPTIVE<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Ecuador, peru and Brazil west of Rios negro. <br />
Large diurnal arboreal monkey. They live in groups of 2 - 70 and are not territorial so groups overlap. They feed on fruit, leaves, seeds and anthropods. They forage daily in the upper and middle reaches of the forest canopy. Usually only found in primary forests.<br />
CITES 11.  They are the most intensively hunted monkey and as the females only breed every other year from the age of 6-8 years onwards they are becoming rare. At current hunting pressure this species is unable to maintain its population and are the first monkeys to disappear from a hunted area.
    22348_Common_Woolly_Monkey.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox (Octocyon megalotis) Duba Plains.<br />
Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
HABITAT: Open plains and dry pans. They are mostly nocturnal but can be seen lying outside of their burrows during the day. They dig their own burrows which can be up to 3 meters deep.<br />
Small carnivore weighing about 4kg's with a shoulder height of 30cm.<br />
These small carnivores eat mostly insects, termites, locusts, grasshoppers and beetles. Sometimes they eat fruit, small rodents, reptiles, seeds, scorpions and carrion. Their large ears provide for sensitive hearing so they are able to hear termites underground and then dig them up. They also provide a large surface area which helps the fox to lose heat which is vital as they tend to live in hot regions.<br />
Bat-eared foxes are prone to rabies and during the 80's a rabies outbreak serverely depleted their numbers in Southern Africa.
    C94_Bat-eared_fox.jpg
  • Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) <br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO THE ISLANDS<br />
RANGE: Found on all islands in the Galapagos except Tower, Española, Darwin and Worf.<br />
It prefers the lowlands and transitional zones although it can be found feeding in the farm zones.<br />
Feeds on fallen fruit and poison apple, tree flowers, leaf buds, young green leaves, caterpillars, seeds and small insects. Some individuals have been seen cleaning parasites from the skin of giant tortoises on Alcedo Volcano on Isabela Island and on Marine Iguanas on Plazas Island.
    2G2090_Medium_Ground_Finch.jpg
  • White-fronted Capuchin Monkey (Cebus albifrons) CAPTIVE<br />
Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
RANGE: Isolated areas in N Colobia, Venezuela and coastal Ecuador; and middle and upper Amazon Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil - west of Rios negro and Tapajóz.<br />
These are diurnal monkeys with prehensile tails. They live at all levels of the forest, including the ground and feed on fruit, seeds and anthropods. They live in large troops.[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D70<br />
Focal Length: 70mm<br />
Optimize Image: Custom<br />
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)<br />
Noise Reduction: OFF<br />
2005/01/22 10:15:26.1<br />
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority<br />
White Balance: Cloudy<br />
Tone Comp: Normal<br />
RAW (12-bit) Lossless<br />
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern<br />
AF Mode: AF-C<br />
Hue Adjustment: 0°<br />
Image Size:  Large (2000 x 3008)<br />
1/125 sec - F/4.5<br />
Flash Sync Mode: Slow Sync<br />
Saturation:  Normal<br />
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV<br />
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL<br />
Sharpening: None<br />
Lens: 35-70mm F/2.8 D<br />
Sensitivity: ISO 400<br />
Auto Flash Comp: -2.7 EV<br />
Image Comment:                                     <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
    EH26 White-fronted Capuchin.jpg
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana)<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula.<br />
They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-14_99A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtles (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR3066_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtles.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing & Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR3062_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtles_...jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR3049_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing & Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2924_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtles_...jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2842_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2845_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2774_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2769_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2765_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2732_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2705_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Hato Masaguarel working farm and biological station, Guárico Province, VENEZUELA. South America.<br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.<br />
The Llanos are flood plains stretching north of the Orinoco River to the Andean foothills, covering 300,000sq km in Venezuela and another 220,000 sq km in Colombia. This area has poor soil but is rich in its river systems which floods in the wet season leaving shallow marshes which nourish a high concentration of birds and animals.
    OR2716_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2321_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)<br />
Orinoco River, north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA border. South America.<br />
RANGE: w Panama, n Colombia, Guianas, n Amazonian Brazil, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire & Orinoco in Venezuela.<br />
It is found in wooded areas, cactus thickets and corn fields where it feeds on fruit and seeds. It is the most common parakeet in the lowlands.
    OR2226_Brown-throated_Parakeet.jpg
  • Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)<br />
Orinoco River, north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA border. South America.<br />
RANGE: w Panama, n Colombia, Guianas, n Amazonian Brazil, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire & Orinoco in Venezuela.<br />
It is found in wooded areas, cactus thickets and corn fields where it feeds on fruit and seeds. It is the most common parakeet in the lowlands.
    OR2230_Brown-throated_Parakeet.jpg
  • Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)<br />
Orinoco River, north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA border. South America.<br />
RANGE: w Panama, n Colombia, Guianas, n Amazonian Brazil, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire & Orinoco in Venezuela.<br />
It is found in wooded areas, cactus thickets and corn fields where it feeds on fruit and seeds. It is the most common parakeet in the lowlands.
    OR2221_Brown-throated_Parakeet.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2184_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2170_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2072_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2084_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2062_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2044_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR2036_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR1897_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Savannah Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) released after being found by fishermen in the river.<br />
CITES II  due to habitat loss mainly near urban areas and over hunting especially in the Llanos.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 23-36cm, Wgt 2kg. Females larger than males. They dig shallow nests in sandy soil, often far from nearest water source.  7-13 eliptical eggs 40x25mm in size.<br />
They are diurnal spending sunny morning out on logs and nights in the water semi submerged in mud. They are omnivorous, consuming seeds, leaves, aquatic plants, fish, insects & suspended material in water.<br />
HABITAT: Lagoons, swamps, Moriche palm swamps, generally not preferring larger rivers.<br />
RANGE: Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela.
    OR1871_Savannah_Side-necked_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after Biometric data taken being carried back to river by Franklin Tobar.<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1789_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
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