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Today, (7/12) we awoke at 4:30 to begin a hike through the jungle before sunrise. We made it to a lake early enough to see a family of 9 Giant Otters out for their morning swim. They're an endangered species but with the use of a hunting blind they passed literally feet away from us. Once the realized we were there they didn't seem to happy to see us. On out hike we saw these otters, five species of monkeys, fire/army ants, bullet ants (so named because if you're bitten by one the pain is akin to a gunshot wound), leaf cutter ants, a prehistoric chicken like bird called the Hoatzin (they have claws when young and are the only birds since pterodactyls to do so), ant eaters/lemur, many types of very colorful parrots, Hurons, piranhas, tarantulas, Amazonian wasps, and last night we went out on the river at night with a spotlight and saw caimans (smaller version of alligators). I have some good pics as usual to follow. Ciao!

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