The best place in South America to see wildlife is not the Amazon but the Pantanal. Unlike the Amazon where the dense foliage makes the creatures hard to see the Pantanal is a wetland. In the wet season the area becomes one vast lake so the animals gather on the remaining dry areas. In the dry season everything is drawn to the remaining waterholes.
The Pantanal ecosystem is thought to be home to 1000 bird species,400 fish species,300 mammalian species and over 9000 subspecies of invertebrates. Among the rarest animals to inhabit the wetland are the marsh deer and giant river otter. The Pantanal is also home to endangered species: the hyacinth macaw,the crowned solitary eagle,the maned wolf,the bush dog,the South American tapir,the giant anteater and the yacare caiman. The Pantanal is also home to one of the largest jaguar populations on Earth.
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