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Listed as the world's most deadliest catterpillar, or "Assassin Caterpillar", this is not a bug to mess with. It's main body color...More

After floating on the Amazon River for a while, it is hard to see perspective anymore due to all the reflections. This is especially true at night under...More

Small red frog with white speckles found on a leaf in the Amazon jungle near Manaus. Exact name unknown.

Meet Elize, a wild Tamarin that is somewhat domesticated by Amazon villagers who feed it. Here she is, the "lady with the moustache", snacking...More

Don't know the exact specie yet, spotted near Manaus, Brazil, along the river.

Meet Elize, a wild Tamarin that is somewhat domesticated by Amazon villagers who feed it.

I find this frog to be gorgeous, it is red with white speckles, yet somewhat transparent as well. It is about the size of a human thumb. I wish I'd...More

The Amazon is a place where little life appears, it lives at night. I lives on the insides of trees, under the ground or high up in the tallest trees....More

We spotted this fruitbat during our first ever Amazon jungle walk. This walk was much different from the hikes we did in Costa Rica and Malaysia. In this...More

Two small Fruit Bats charging their batteries during daytime for some hardcode hunting after dusk.

At a first glance, I thought this was a man-made decoration, but these are actually strings of seeds grown by the tree itself. It will eventually grow...More

The second-largest spider in the world, found at the swampy floor of the Amazon jungle. Notice the enormous leg span and huge fangs.

Tropidacris Collaris, one of the largest grasshoppers in existence. It's quite a colorful one at that, like an alien soldier. Look closely around...More

Not in this particular case, but often these highly venemous caterpillars blend in with the tree background, causing unexpecting tourists to touch them...More

I consider this to be the most valuable photo in my collection. Not for its technical quality, which is quite poor. It is the rarity, the bizarre specie,...More

I am not exactly sure what this is, likely a termite mound.

Most of you must be tired of me posting Pantanal photos for the last two months, with a few each day. Well, I've arrived at the end of that set so...More

A typical view of the Amazon during the dy season. Just a few months earlier, these tree tops were completely under water, the different in water level...More

A Black Vulture remains seated as we pass under it with our boat on the Amzon river.

Highly diverse and resilient vegetation on the Amazon river.

I love complex patterns in nature, so sorry if I bore you with these "bushes". This concerns a creative edit of vegetation on the Amazon river....More

What fascinates me about jungles is how every little inch of it is completely unique in shapes, patterns, vegetation. The overwhelming complexity intrigues...More

Creative edit to exaggerate the beauty and complexity of the vegetation on the Amazon river that is partly underwater. In fact, everything you see on...More

Shallow waters hard to manouvre with a boat are covered with water resistant trees. Who knows what lives here...