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Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) moving down the riverbank from the communal latrine to enter River Piquiri, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Note how churned up the ground is, particularly to the left side of the image, where defaecation and urination into the communal latrine is part of scent-marking territorial behaviour
Photo ID: PAN_06674_Giant_River_Otter_(Pteronura_brasiliensis)_Piquirí_River_Northern_Pantanal_August_10_CrsEsA
Photo size: 20.8 Mpixels (59.5 MB uncompressed) - 5600x3716 pixels (18.7x12.4 in / 47.4x31.5 cm at 300 ppi)
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