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35 YEARS OF EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY

Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species was developed by Randall Quirk and presented by Nature House after his journeys in the rainforests of Brazil and his interactions with its beautiful but endangered inhabitants. Click on the PDF (left) to read Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species.

Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species

Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species

Itacoatiára, Brasil (1987)

Jacaré (Spectacled Caiman), hunted at night for its tail meat

Rio Paraguay, Brasil

Catching Pintado Catfish

Mato Grosso, Brasil (1990)

The endangered Hyacinth Macaw

South China Sea, Thailand (1985)

Collecting dead coral specimens eaten by Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

Kapawi Reservation, Ecuador

Monstrous 370 pound catfish that was sent by airplane to feed the village of Macas after an earthquake

Itacoatiara, Brasil (1985)

Swimming sloth plucked from a tributary, then released

Imbak Canyon, Borneo

Tropical Broadbill captured, logged, and released at mist net

Itacoatiara, Brasil

This jaguar was shot by Ribereinos (river people) for killing precious livestock

Rio Branco, Acre (200)

The tail end of rainy season in the flooded forest

Brazilian Pantanal

This giant otter is almost 6 feet long!

Brazilian Amazon

Fruiting cashew - you can see the actual nut at the bottom of the fruit.

Mato Grosso, Brazil

A capybara family, the world's largest rodent

Tefe, Brazilian Amazon (2004)

The rare Red Uakari Monkey at an Amazonian Eco-Lodge to re-habilitate and re-introduce the species

Mato Grosso, Brasil

Giant anteater in the Pantanal

Amazonia (1987)

Brazilian Caiman feasting on Curimbatá

Manaus, Brazil (1996)

Seaplane over "Meeting of the Waters," the black Rio Negro and the muddy Solimões River combine here to form the mighty Amazon River

The endangered Golden Lion Tamarin of Mata Atlantica near Rio de Janeiro

A three-toed sloth found swimming in a jungle tributary

Imbak Canyon, Borneo (2006)

Flying lizard Randall caught in Borneo's Imbak Canyon

Pantanal of Brasil

The Jabiru Stork feasting on Piraña

Amazon

The "Bucket" Orchid (Caryanthes), the most highly evolved flower in the world

Chang Mai, Thailand

Tropical Durian fruit - The hotels prohibit this fruit inside hotels due to its pungent aroma

Victor Fasano Ranch, Rio de Janeiro

Very rare and very vocal Jungle Crane

Rio Branco Tributary

Collecting Castasetum Orchids

Imbak Canyon, Borneo

Golden Triangle (2015)

Pendant Dendrobium orchid species - The Golden Triangle is the intersection of Burma, Laos & Thailand

Rio Jaurú, Brazilian Pantanal

Collecting Oncidium Orchids

Pantanal of Brasil (1995)

Fishing for Tambaquí

Queensland, Australia (1982)

Platypus baby at the Heliconia Conference

Rondónia, Brasil (1994)

Amazon collecting vessel

Brazilian Pantanal (1992)

First visit photographing flora & fauna of Brasil's Pantanal, 2 hours from Cáceres

Porto Velho, Brasil (1987)

Seringas (Rubber Tree)

Maliau Basin, Borneo (2005)

The extraordinary Rafflesia Flower (the largest and smelliest parasitic flower in the world)

Palau, Micronesia

"Catch of the Day," with Unicorn Tang, Blue Parrotfish, Strawberry Grouper, and Palau Lobsters

Manaus Fish Market (1995)

Red-tailed Catfish

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