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The dominant female Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) smells the area before she defaecates into the communal latrine, River Piquiri, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
After defaecating and/or urinating, she will then puddle the ground with her feet, and roll in the mixture of sand, urine and faeces: all part of scent-marking territorial behaviour
Photo ID: PAN_06649_Giant_River_Otter_(Pteronura_brasiliensis)_Piquirí_River_Northern_Pantanal_August_10_EsA
Photo size: 22.1 Mpixels (63.3 MB uncompressed) - 5760x3840 pixels (19.2x12.8 in / 48.8x32.5 cm at 300 ppi)
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