Peccaries are tropical wild pigs. There are three species in Costa Rica, the white-lipped, Chacoan and collared. This is the latter. We saw lots of them on our recent trip. Every morning, they would make their way through the grounds of the lodge, but I would also see them out in the forest on my daily hikes. I was in a large clearing photographing macaws when they arrived on this particular morning. When I got down on the ground for a low angle perspective, I’m not sure if they could see me, but they certainly could smell me. They eventually got very close and I took lots of wide angle images and videos. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 4500, f/5.6 at 1/400th of a second.
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Peccaries are tropical wild pigs. There are three species in Costa Rica, the white-lipped, Chacoan and collared. This is the latter. We saw lots of them on our recent trip. Every morning, they would make their way through the grounds of the lodge, but I would also see them out in the forest on my daily hikes. I was in a large clearing photographing macaws when they arrived on this particular morning. When I got down on the ground for a low angle perspective, I’m not sure if they could see me, but they certainly could smell me. They eventually got very close and I took lots of wide angle images and videos. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 4500, f/5.6 at 1/400th of a second.
What a cutie with its upright stance & sniffing of the air. Well done!
So cute!!!