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Julieta the Spider Monkey

Agustín and Julieta the Spider Monkey

Machete sharpening before work

Agustín and Jacky the Capuchin alpha male

Caimans

Black Caiman

Black Caiman

Black Caiman

Smooth-fronted Caiman

Smooth-fronted Caiman

Smooth-fronted Caiman

Capuchin Monkeys and El Mono Blanco

Capuchin Monkeys and El Mono Blanco

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkeys

Capybara

Tayra smoochin'

Mama Tayra would gladly remove your face if you get too close

Tayra parents

White-lipped Peccary

White-lipped Peccary

Ring-tailed Coati

Ring-tailed Coati gets impatient at feeding time

Ring-tailed Coati

Fifi

Fifi

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Willy the Greater Grison

Tayra kit

Tayra kit

Guinea Pigs are food, not friends

Squirrel Monkey / big moocher

Squirrel Monkey p-bomb

Squirrel Monkey

Saddle-back Tamarin

Saddle-back Tamarin

Saddle-back Tamarin

Three-toed Sloth

Hungry Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkey

Capuchin Monkey wants a pic

Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchin Monkey bro

Carlitos the Capuchin Monkey

Carlitos the Capuchin Monkey was a true bro

Ya boy Carlitos

Psychotic killer Margay

Psychotic Margay is as small as a housecat

Psychotic Margay's favorite game is "Turn Your Skin Into Confetti"

"Come down, dude, we just started playing!"

Ocelot squad

Ocelot muggin'

Precioso the Jaguar

Brenda the Jaguar

Brenda the Jaguar a.k.a. my new gf

#JustJaguarThings

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Tore and Kristina from Denmark

Meeting with the staff of another wildlife refuge with Ecuadorian government representatives

Meeting with the staff of another wildlife refuge with Ecuadorian government representatives

Maria, the Spanish vet

Mowgli, the youngest staff member at Zoorefugio Tarqui. They call him that because he's from a Quechua village much deeper in the rainforest

Maria taking the vitals of a Three-toed Sloth

Agustín helpes Cristian the zookeeper face his fear of snakes

William works on the Boa Constrictor exhibit, with its resident just inches away

Checking on Bambi the Taper

Tapir cheesin'

Tapir cheesin'

Rose the Tapir

Tapir and el Tiburón

Happy Tapirs

Roommates (Tapir and Capybara)

Tapir muggin'

Silvia the baby Tapir

Scarlet Macaws

Scarlet Macaws

White Hawk

White Hawk

Injured White Hawk in the vet clinic

Crab-eating Raccoon

Crab-eating Raccoons

Crab-eating Raccoon

Crab-eating Raccoon

Black Agouti

Black Agouti

Black Agouti

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Jaguar high-fives

Ranger the Puma

Shakira the Puma and her cub

Puma feeding time

Cow brains: a Puma delicacy

The Puma equivalent of those signs on top of pizza delivery cars

Nothing goes to waste out here

The Amazon rainforest

Walking through the forest with William

William and Tiburón on the farm

Sunrise over Tarqui

The farm

Amy and Fanny in the kitchen of La Choza

José and a tasty ant

José helps feed the parrots

Tore and a Squirrel Monkey in the vet clinic

Squirrel Monkeys aren't the most cooperative patients