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Once heavily hunted as a trophy and for its coat, the jaguar (here, in the forests of the Pantanal) is now a protected species.
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Jaguar tourism in the rivers of the Pantanal is popular. Here, Aditya "Dicky" Singh, above right, with his associate in the Cuiaba river.
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Aditya Singh in Ranthambhore, Rajasthan, photographing tigers.
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A jaguar making a splash in the Cuiaba river in the Pantanal.
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Tourist guides and other local people in the Pantanal see the jaguar as harmless and the "epitome of innocence".
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At sunset in the wetlands spread over an estimated area of 15,000 square kilometres in Brazil and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay.
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A jaguar cooling off in the Cuiaba.
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A jaguar attacking a caiman in the Cuiaba.
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Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) flying around a Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), said to be the largest rodent in the world, in the Cuiaba at sunset.
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A pair of Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), a large stork common in the Pantanal.
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A male ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata).
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A female ringed kingfisher, which is more colourful than the male.
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A hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) nesting in a tree hole in the Pantanal.
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The hyacinth macaw is the largest of the macaws and can grow up to one metre in length. Here, roosting on a tree in the Pantanal.
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