#giantotters — Public Fediverse posts
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/g...
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/g...
Giant Otter Pteronura brasilie... -
#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/g...
Giant Otter Pteronura brasilie... -
#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/g...
Giant Otter Pteronura brasilie... -
#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/g...
Giant Otter Pteronura brasilie... -
#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Wild Brazil released in 2014
More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.
The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.
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#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake
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Wild Brazil released in 2014
More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.
The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.
(1/3)
#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake
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Wild Brazil released in 2014
More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.
The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.
(1/3)
#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake
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Wild Brazil released in 2014
More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.
The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.
(1/3)
#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake
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Wild Brazil released in 2014
More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.
The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.
(1/3)
#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#GiantOtters 🦦💜 are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica 🇧🇷 #Endangered by #gold #mining 🚜🔥 #palmoil and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Wildlife photographer films ‘intense standoff’ between jaguar and river otters
A Guatemalan wildlife photographer and guide in the Pantanal of Brazil captured rare video of “an intense standoff”…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AndresNovales #CaxiriChannel #environment #giantotters #Instagrampost #jaguar #Pantanal #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildlifePhotographer
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/398171/ Wildlife photographer films ‘intense standoff’ between jaguar and river otters #AndresNovales #CaxiriChannel #Environment #GiantOtters #InstagramPost #jaguar #Pantanal #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildlifePhotographer
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The only thing better than otters? Giant otters! Three new pups have been born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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The only thing better than otters? Giant otters! Three new pups have been born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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The only thing better than otters? Giant otters! Three new pups have been born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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The only thing better than otters? Giant otters! Three new pups have been born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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Another shot of my 'up close and personal' experience with the giant otters of Manu National Park. Moments of contact with such intelligent and magnificent creatures are what makes life worth living!
In Peru, giant otters are known as Lobos del Rio...'River Wolves'...When you see them in action, you understand why...Read more at: http://thelacandongringo.com/saving-the-best-for-last-giant-otters-of-manu-national-park/
#manunationalpark, #giantotters, #nature, #peru, #wildsouthamerica, #livingplanet, #amazonrainforest, #naturephotography
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Sunset over the Madre de Dios river, Manu Biosphere Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon. Read more at: http://thelacandongringo.com/saving-the-best-for-last-giant-otters-of-manu-national-park/
#conservation, #manunationalpark, #giantotters, #wildperu, #amazonrainforest, #naturephotography, #environment, #wildplaces, #macaws, #caimans, #ecotourism -
Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
Endangered
Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivia.
Presence Uncertain
Argentina; Uruguay
Share to BlueSky Share to Twitter Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterThe agile and graceful tumbling Olympians of the Amazonian rivers, Giant Otters are able to swim 100 metres in less than 30 seconds. They are also known as the Lobo de Rio (the River wolf), Los Lobos del Rio (Wolves of the River) and Ariranha. They are most active in the mornings and evenings and take a siesta during the hottest parts of the day.
The most significant threats to giant otters are anthropogenic pressures of deforestation for palm oil, soy and meat, pollution from mining and climate change. They are also illegally hunted and traded for their pelts or killed in retribution by fishermen. Help them and be #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
#GiantOtters are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica. #Endangered by #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Giant Otters are intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. They are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
They are endemic to South America, with populations distributed east of the Andes in the Orinoco, Amazonas, and Parana basins, and the hydrographic networks of the Guianas. The northern limit of the Giant Otter’s distribution occurs in northern Venezuela, and the southern limit in Misiones, Argentina.
Threats
Threats are predominantly related to the river otter being pushed out of their ecosystems by anthropogenic pressures.
The destruction of the river otters’ riparian habitat, overfishing, contamination of aquatic ecosystems (especially for gold mining, fossil fuel exploration, and the use of pesticides and fertilizers for monocultures), domestic animal diseases, and mismanaged tourism It seems likely that mining activities and the widespread conversion of forest into agricultural and pasture lands will continue unabated in the near future as part of the economic development of the Amazonian countries.
Giant otters are threatened by a range of human created hazards including: the illegal pet trade, competition with fishermen, gold and fossil fuel mining and ecosystem conversion to monocultures such as palm oil and soy.
Behaviour
Giant otters highly social animals that are active during the day and evening. They are gregarious and live in groups of 2-20 individuals. A family has a home range of 12 sq. km. They are cooperative and peaceful together and often groom, rest and hunt together and cooperatively construct burrows and establish territories using scent markings from their anal glands to delineate territories.
They communicate through a noisy series of hums, coos, barks and whistles. Newborn pups squeak to elicit attention, while older young whine as they participate in group activities. When intruders invade their territory, the parents and other adults in communities will defend the offspring against danger.
Famously, the BBC captured a group of giant otters fending off a Black Caiman. They have also been known to harass and chase away jaguars as well in an effort to keep their young safe.
You can support this beautiful animal
Further Information
Groenendijk, J., Marmontel, M., Van Damme, P., Schenck, C., Schenck, C. & Wallace, R. 2021. Pteronura brasiliensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T18711A164580466. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T18711A164580466.en. Accessed on 27 August 2022.
Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
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Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
Endangered
Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivia.
Presence Uncertain
Argentina; Uruguay
Share to BlueSky Share to Twitter Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterThe agile and graceful tumbling Olympians of the Amazonian rivers, Giant Otters are able to swim 100 metres in less than 30 seconds. They are also known as the Lobo de Rio (the River wolf), Los Lobos del Rio (Wolves of the River) and Ariranha. They are most active in the mornings and evenings and take a siesta during the hottest parts of the day.
The most significant threats to giant otters are anthropogenic pressures of deforestation for palm oil, soy and meat, pollution from mining and climate change. They are also illegally hunted and traded for their pelts or killed in retribution by fishermen. Help them and be #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
#GiantOtters are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica. #Endangered by #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Giant Otters are intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. They are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
They are endemic to South America, with populations distributed east of the Andes in the Orinoco, Amazonas, and Parana basins, and the hydrographic networks of the Guianas. The northern limit of the Giant Otter’s distribution occurs in northern Venezuela, and the southern limit in Misiones, Argentina.
Threats
Threats are predominantly related to the river otter being pushed out of their ecosystems by anthropogenic pressures.
The destruction of the river otters’ riparian habitat, overfishing, contamination of aquatic ecosystems (especially for gold mining, fossil fuel exploration, and the use of pesticides and fertilizers for monocultures), domestic animal diseases, and mismanaged tourism It seems likely that mining activities and the widespread conversion of forest into agricultural and pasture lands will continue unabated in the near future as part of the economic development of the Amazonian countries.
Giant otters are threatened by a range of human created hazards including: the illegal pet trade, competition with fishermen, gold and fossil fuel mining and ecosystem conversion to monocultures such as palm oil and soy.
Behaviour
Giant otters highly social animals that are active during the day and evening. They are gregarious and live in groups of 2-20 individuals. A family has a home range of 12 sq. km. They are cooperative and peaceful together and often groom, rest and hunt together and cooperatively construct burrows and establish territories using scent markings from their anal glands to delineate territories.
They communicate through a noisy series of hums, coos, barks and whistles. Newborn pups squeak to elicit attention, while older young whine as they participate in group activities. When intruders invade their territory, the parents and other adults in communities will defend the offspring against danger.
Famously, the BBC captured a group of giant otters fending off a Black Caiman. They have also been known to harass and chase away jaguars as well in an effort to keep their young safe.
You can support this beautiful animal
Further Information
Groenendijk, J., Marmontel, M., Van Damme, P., Schenck, C., Schenck, C. & Wallace, R. 2021. Pteronura brasiliensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T18711A164580466. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T18711A164580466.en. Accessed on 27 August 2022.
Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
How can I help the #Boycott4Wildlife?
Take Action in Five Ways
1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.
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Join 1,391 other subscribers2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.
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Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao
Health Physician Dr Evan Allen
The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert
How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy
3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20
https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20
https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20
4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.
5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here
Pledge your support#Amazon #Bolivia #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #Brazil #Ecuador #endangered #EndangeredSpecies #FrenchGuiana #GiantOtterPteronuraBrasiliensis #GiantOtters #gold #Guyana #Mammal #mining #palmoil #Paraguay #Peru #SouthAmericaSpeciesEndangeredByPalmOilDeforestation #SouthAmerica #soy #Tweet #vegan #Venezuela