{"id":5430,"date":"2014-12-05T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2020-12-19T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T15:08:09","slug":"a-tongue-of-up-to-60-cm-long-of-the-giant-anteater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2014\/12\/05\/eine-bis-zu-60-cm-lange-zunge-der-grossen-ameisenbaeren\/","title":{"rendered":"A tongue up to 60 cm long: the giant anteater"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Morning stroll around the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Safari along the Transpantaneira<\/li>\n<li>Sighting of a giant anteater, which I can approach on foot through the swamp<\/li>\n<li>Observe three magnificent yellow-breasted macaws right next to the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Second evening boat tour on the Rio Claro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A day can hardly start better, hardly out of the room, we can do three wonderful ones\u00a0<b>Brown-eared Arassaris<\/b> watch while jumping around and eating in a treetop.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1051394548  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5443\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do themselves next door <b>parrot<\/b> amicable at the mango tree, the splendid ones <b>Gray Cardinal<\/b> with the red hood sitting in the bushes and a curiously-haired one <b>Hokko chicken<\/b> eats from the remains on the ground. Exercise right next to the lodge <b>Howler monkey<\/b> in the treetops. Then it&#039;s time to quench your rumbling stomach with a delicious breakfast buffet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5434\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-opt-id=1013344767  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5434\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_1.jpg\" alt=\"Hokko chicken\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hokko chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fabricio has one for this morning <b>Forest walk<\/b> intended. However, the forest is strangely quiet, so that after a while we turn back. Despite long dresses, we already have quite a few <b>Blood toll<\/b> paid, but the mosquito situation is expected to get much worse by February. So we continue to drive our pickup truck on the <b>Transpantaneira<\/b>. Tourists are not to be seen here either, just a cowboy or fishing locals every now and then.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1781775655  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5438\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_5.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_5\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_5.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_5.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sun burns down mercilessly from heaven, which is probably too hot for the animals. When we are already thinking of turning back, a termite mound turns out to be <b>Giant anteater<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1584714939  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5444\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_10.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_10\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_10.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_10.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A real stroke of luck, because it is anything but common that the mammal is looking for food in the blazing sun at this time of day. The primeval-looking animal leisurely walks its lanes in the completely flooded field. With its long claws and the up to 60 cm long tongue at the end of the pointed snout, it mainly eats ants and termites. Fabricio says if I don&#039;t mind getting wet shoes, I should give him a go <b>approaching against the wind<\/b>. After all, anteaters see very poorly, but smell all the better. So I wade a few meters up to the animal in the water that is sometimes knee-deep. In fact, he doesn&#039;t even notice me and I can take photos comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>We get further <b>Swamp deer<\/b> before we arrive back at the Pousada Rio Claro around noon. After a cooling shower, it&#039;s time for the lunch buffet. We have both <b>got pretty sun<\/b> on our safari seat.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=57975285  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5439\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_6.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_6\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_6.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_6.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then siesta is announced until 5 o&#039;clock in the afternoon. It is quite a draw <b>thunderstorm<\/b> over. When the rain subsided, Fabricio suddenly came running. He has three rare ones\u00a0<b>Yellow-breasted macaw at the pousada<\/b> discovered. The wonderful parrots entertain us for a long time: We can watch how skilfully the birds know how to use their feet and beak to peel a banana that they received from one of the pousada employees.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1797615446  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5445\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_11.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_11\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_11.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_11.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we don&#039;t leave until 5 o&#039;clock because of the great heat. This time, on the evening boat tour, it&#039;s initially upriver in the opposite direction. We get more <b>Eagles, cormorants, darter and iguanas<\/b> to face. The hoped-for giant otters or a jaguar unfortunately stay away. When the river is completely barricaded for all the water lilies, making it impossible to continue our journey, we turn around and drive a little further downstream. Suddenly there comes a two meter long one <b>Caiman<\/b> straight to the boat.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1949986411  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5446\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_12.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_12\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_12.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_12.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The guy seems to know he&#039;s getting a bite here. To catch the piranha on a stick, however, it has to stretch properly and get out of the water. Storm clouds are slowly gathering up and we get back to the lodge just in time, where the excellent dinner is already waiting for us.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1761753538  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5441\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_8.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_05_8\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_8.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_05_8.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 8 o&#039;clock we start again for a night safari. Right next to the lodge we get to see caimans, bathing capybaras and maikongs (also called crab fox). A little further in the forest we catch a glimpse of a coati and further caimans cross the road. However, other large mammals cannot be seen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Morning stroll around the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Safari along the Transpantaneira<\/li>\n<li>Sighting of a giant anteater, which I can approach on foot through the swamp<\/li>\n<li>Observe three magnificent yellow-breasted macaws right next to the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Second evening boat tour on the Rio Claro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nA day can hardly start better, hardly out of the room, we can do three wonderful ones\u00a0<b>Brown-eared Arassaris<\/b> watch while jumping around and eating in a treetop. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,821,900],"tags":[2199,2205,2204,904,905,906,907,908,910,911,912,913],"class_list":["post-5430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-brasilien","category-pantanal","tag-brasilien","tag-mato-grosso","tag-pantanal","tag-pocone","tag-transpantaneira","tag-nandu","tag-kaiman","tag-karakara","tag-tukan","tag-fabricio-dorileo","tag-pantanal-wildlife-explorer","tag-focus-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}