A wounded jaguar was rescued from Brazil’s Rio Negro river with apparent gunshot wounds. Military police and animal protection agents pulled the animal from the water after creating a makeshift float for it to hold onto to keep its head above water. 📷 Dilson Castro, Chris Melo, State Secretariat for Animal Protection in the Amazon | AFP News Agency

Rio Negro, the Amazon’s largest blackwater tributary, flowing through Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil, joining the Solimões near Manaus. ~2,250 km long, draining an area larger than France. Tea-coloured water, stained by tannins and dissolved organic compounds from forest soils. When the rains arrive, the river spreads into vast igapó flooded forests, vital for biodiversity and carbon storage. Over 1,100 fish species have been reported from the Rio Negro basin so far. Icons like the pink river d

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A wildlife safari cruise in Caño Negro wetlands on the Río Frío. Costa Rica is one of the best ways to see monkeys, sloth, caimen, crocs and hundreds of species of birds. If you're lucky you may even spot Great Green Macaws https://costa-rica-guide.com/nature/refuges/cano-negro/ | Costa Rica Guide