I’ve encountered tamanduas about five times in the wild. This was my first, years ago in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. I was on a solo, day-long hike and it was fun to sit quietly for about an hour as the tamandua eventually descended from high up in a tree and foraged on the ground briefly before disappearing deeper into the forest. Northern tamanduas are medium-sized anteaters that live throughout the Neotropics from southern Mexico to the extreme northwest of Peru. There is another species, the southern tamandua that lives in the bulk of tropical South America. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 86mm) ISO 400, f/3.2 at 1/30th of a second.
What a wonderful world we live in with such interesting and whimsical creatures tucked into all corners of the world. If I didn’t know better, it looks like he’s wearing a backpack!
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I’ve encountered tamanduas about five times in the wild. This was my first, years ago in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. I was on a solo, day-long hike and it was fun to sit quietly for about an hour as the tamandua eventually descended from high up in a tree and foraged on the ground briefly before disappearing deeper into the forest. Northern tamanduas are medium-sized anteaters that live throughout the Neotropics from southern Mexico to the extreme northwest of Peru. There is another species, the southern tamandua that lives in the bulk of tropical South America. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 86mm) ISO 400, f/3.2 at 1/30th of a second.
He looks like a Star Wars alien that George Lucas considered for 9 seconds before saying, “eh.”
He’s adorable and
I love his fur pattern.
What a wonderful world we live in with such interesting and whimsical creatures tucked into all corners of the world. If I didn’t know better, it looks like he’s wearing a backpack!