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A Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) wanders along a power line on the border between China and Myanmar, Yunnan, April 2026
These endangered nocturnal primates, victims of the pet trade, are famed for being one of the world’s few venomous mammals. A bite from a loris can prove fatal to humans -though not Lady Gaga, who was bitten by a loris during a music video shoot in 2014. She thought it was “cute” but couldn’t read the loris’s poker face. Boom. #mammalwatching #slowloris #ladygaga #primatesofinstagram #chinawildlife
A Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) wanders along a power line on the border between China and Myanmar, Yunnan, April 2026
These endangered nocturnal primates, victims of the pet trade, are famed for being one of the world’s few venomous mammals. A bite from a loris can prove fatal to humans -though not Lady Gaga, who was bitten by a loris during a music video shoot in 2014. She thought it was “cute” but couldn’t read the loris’s poker face. Boom. #mammalwatching #slowloris #ladygaga #primatesofinstagram #chinawildlife
An endangered Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) starts his day in China’s Yunnan Province, April 2026.
I’d thought these apes were very difficult to observe in the wild, but it turns out they are easy to see near a village quite close to Mangshi City. Read the trip report on mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #chinanature #primatesofinstagram
An endangered Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) starts his day in China’s Yunnan Province, April 2026.
I’d thought these apes were very difficult to observe in the wild, but it turns out they are easy to see near a village quite close to Mangshi City. Read the trip report on mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #chinanature #primatesofinstagram
Wang Wenyong, a ranger in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve in Sichuan, gave me this extraordinary iPhone footage of Yellow-throated Martens catching a Reeve’s Muntjac in the reserve. Martens know no fear. They even fatally injured a Giant Panda here in 2014. #mustelids #mammalwatching
Wang Wenyong, a ranger in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve in Sichuan, gave me this extraordinary iPhone footage of Yellow-throated Martens catching a Reeve’s Muntjac in the reserve. Martens know no fear. They even fatally injured a Giant Panda here in 2014. #mustelids #mammalwatching
Yesterday was my last day working for the United Nations. I’ve not yet figured out what comes next beyond a still vague plan of becoming a professional mammalwatcher. But here, at least, are the next 8 months. Whether or not I’m feeling so enthusiastic about my career choices (and travel) come December remains to be seen . #mammalwatching
Yesterday was my last day working for the United Nations. I’ve not yet figured out what comes next beyond a still vague plan of becoming a professional mammalwatcher. But here, at least, are the next 8 months. Whether or not I’m feeling so enthusiastic about my career choices (and travel) come December remains to be seen . #mammalwatching
How one night in an unexplored forest led to a great win for conservation and an astonishing scientific discovery. Links to the trip report, podcast and Carlos Bocos’s new mammalia tours are in the bio. Thanks to @lerako for the video production #klalik #mammalwatching #ecotourism #dactylonax #westpapua
How one night in an unexplored forest led to a great win for conservation and an astonishing scientific discovery. Links to the trip report, podcast and Carlos Bocos’s new mammalia tours are in the bio. Thanks to @lerako for the video production #klalik #mammalwatching #ecotourism #dactylonax #westpapua
Maligned, Misunderstood and Magnificent. Here are a few of more than 500 species of bats I’ve seen. Thank you @martinnbd_ for the reel! #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram #batwatching
Maligned, Misunderstood and Magnificent. Here are a few of more than 500 species of bats I’ve seen. Thank you @martinnbd_ for the reel! #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram #batwatching
Keenan’s Hairy-nosed Bat (Gardnerycteris keenani), giving the sort of evil grin usually reserved for cartoon villains. One of the rarer - and coolest - bats we encountered in Guatemala this month with @josegabrielwildlife Mammal species 2399. #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram
Keenan’s Hairy-nosed Bat (Gardnerycteris keenani), giving the sort of evil grin usually reserved for cartoon villains. One of the rarer - and coolest - bats we encountered in Guatemala this month with @josegabrielwildlife Mammal species 2399. #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram
A rare photo of a Guatemala Woodrat (Neotoma ferruginea), the 65th and final species we encountered on a fabulous mammalwatching/research trip with @josegabrielwildlife this month. Trip report coming very soon to mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #rodentsofinstagram
A rare photo of a Guatemala Woodrat (Neotoma ferruginea), the 65th and final species we encountered on a fabulous mammalwatching/research trip with @josegabrielwildlife this month. Trip report coming very soon to mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #rodentsofinstagram
Parry Fjord in Chilean Patagonia - 350 km from the nearest settlement - is home to one of South America’s best kept secrets. Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are a 4m, 600kg torpedo of muscle and teeth. Until a few years ago scientists (and mammalwatchers) thought they lived only in Antartica. Turns out animals have been happily living around the glaciers and feasting on fish here for many years. Life doesn’t get much better than getting up close and personal with one of the world’s top predators in such a stunning and isolated landscape.
Link to the full trip report in my bio. Thank you to @martinnbd_ for the reel!
En el fiordo Parry, en la Patagonia chilena, a unos 350 km del asentamiento más cercano, se puede encontrar uno de los secretos mejor guardados de Sudamérica.
Juan, nuestro capitán, lleva más de 40 años pescando aquí. Las focas leopardo siempre han vivido en este lugar. Hay muchos peces para alimentarse y hielo de los glaciares donde descansar.
Pero los científicos solo se dieron cuenta de su presencia hace unos pocos años. Hasta entonces creían que las focas leopardo vivían únicamente en la Antártida.
Pasamos un día navegando por este espectacular fiordo, buscando alrededor de los glaciares. Después de horas mirando, cuando la esperanza empezaba a desaparecer, tuvimos mucha suerte: una foca apareció a solo unos metros de nuestro barco, completamente tranquila y sin preocuparse por nosotros.
Las focas leopardo son depredadores ápice de la Antártida: pueden medir hasta 4 metros y pesar alrededor de 600 kg, puro músculo y dientes. Se sabe que incluso han llegado a matar a personas.
La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que ver un animal tan magnífico en un paisaje tan aislado y espectacular
#mammalwatching #LeopardSeal #tierradelfuego🔥
Parry Fjord in Chilean Patagonia - 350 km from the nearest settlement - is home to one of South America’s best kept secrets. Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are a 4m, 600kg torpedo of muscle and teeth. Until a few years ago scientists (and mammalwatchers) thought they lived only in Antartica. Turns out animals have been happily living around the glaciers and feasting on fish here for many years. Life doesn’t get much better than getting up close and personal with one of the world’s top predators in such a stunning and isolated landscape.
Link to the full trip report in my bio. Thank you to @martinnbd_ for the reel!
En el fiordo Parry, en la Patagonia chilena, a unos 350 km del asentamiento más cercano, se puede encontrar uno de los secretos mejor guardados de Sudamérica.
Juan, nuestro capitán, lleva más de 40 años pescando aquí. Las focas leopardo siempre han vivido en este lugar. Hay muchos peces para alimentarse y hielo de los glaciares donde descansar.
Pero los científicos solo se dieron cuenta de su presencia hace unos pocos años. Hasta entonces creían que las focas leopardo vivían únicamente en la Antártida.
Pasamos un día navegando por este espectacular fiordo, buscando alrededor de los glaciares. Después de horas mirando, cuando la esperanza empezaba a desaparecer, tuvimos mucha suerte: una foca apareció a solo unos metros de nuestro barco, completamente tranquila y sin preocuparse por nosotros.
Las focas leopardo son depredadores ápice de la Antártida: pueden medir hasta 4 metros y pesar alrededor de 600 kg, puro músculo y dientes. Se sabe que incluso han llegado a matar a personas.
La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que ver un animal tan magnífico en un paisaje tan aislado y espectacular
#mammalwatching #LeopardSeal #tierradelfuego🔥
Thanks and glad it was helpful!
Thanks Jon. It's well worth a vist.
Nice report! Thank you for sharing.
Great photos of the Skywalker gibbons! I have been looking for spots online to see them but haven't been successful…