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The dominant female Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) smells the area after scent-marking into the communal latrine, River Piquiri, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
After defaecating and/or urinating in the communal latrine she then puddles the ground with her feet, and rolls in the mixture of sand, urine and faeces: all part of scent-marking territorial behaviour
Photo ID: PAN_06653_Giant_River_Otter_(Pteronura_brasiliensis)_Piquirí_River_Northern_Pantanal_August_10_CrsEE2A
Photo size: 11.7 Mpixels (33.5 MB uncompressed) - 4200x2789 pixels (14x9.3 in / 35.6x23.6 cm at 300 ppi)
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