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Collared Peccary

Tayassu tajacu

Description:

Walking along a trail through the rainforest, I came face to face with this Collard Peccary. We stopped and looked at each other for nearly a minute before it ran off into the forest.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

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3 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

Well yes bayucca, it has that look in its eye, not to be trusted. Guess i was lucky ! Or maybe it just wanted its photo taken !!

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Wrong time and wrong place, it might also be the other way round, you running off ;-)
Sometimes these peccaries can be quite aggressive.

Francisco Ramírez
Francisco Ramírez 8 years ago

Sorprendente !!!!

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 3, 2015
Submitted on Dec 20, 2015

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