Hermann Brehm / Electric eel {Electrophorus electricus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Mark MacEwen / Spectacled Caiman eye (Caiman crocodilus) juvenile in Hato el Cedral, Los Llanos Apure State in Venezuela.

Mark MacEwen / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) juvenile in pool in Hato el Cedral, Los Llanos Apure State in Venezuela.

Mark MacEwen / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) juvenile being filmed with an innovision scope, in Hato el Cedral, Los Llanos Apure State in Venezuela.

Mark MacEwen / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) dead on dry lake bed on wetlands which dry up every year, Hato el Cedral, Los Llanos Apure State in Venezuela.

Roland Seitre / Savannah fire on the Llanos de Moxos, Estancia Tacuaral, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia, July 2008

Roland Seitre / Aerial view of island of forest on the Llanos de Moxos, Estancia Tacuaral, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia, July 2008

Roland Seitre / Aerial view of a forest islet in the Llanos de Moxos, a natural roosting site for the Critically endangered Blue throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis), Estancia Tacuaral, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Boli...

David Welling / Yellow Rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) perching on a branch next to its woven nest in the tropical rainforest of llanos, Venezuela, South America

Pete Oxford / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), caiman and catfish bushmeat illegally for sale, confiscated from stalls on the main road in the Llanos, near San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

JIM CLARE / Anaconda {Eunectes murinus} head portrait with tongue extended, Llanos, Venezuela

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Lava in the Llanos de Udanca (The Udanca plains) Southern Roques de Garcia, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Llanos de Udanca (The Udanca plains) and Las Canadas, Southern Roques de Garcia, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2008

Thomas Marent / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) young nursing, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas) portrait, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) in grassland, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) perched on stump, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) in grassland, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Nymphalid Butterfly (Nymphalidae) pair mating, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) on branch, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) male, Los Llanos, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Llanero cowboys with Brahmany cattle Llanos del Orinoco Venezuela, South America

Hermann Brehm / Turtles on river bank Llanos del Orinoco Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Llanero cowboy Llanos del Orinoco Venezuela, South America

JIM CLARE / Anaconda {Eunectes murinus} male snake in mating ball of eight males and one female, El Frio, Llanos, Venzuela

JIM CLARE / Anaconda {Eunectes murinus} mating ball with eight males surrounding one female snake, El Frio, Llanos, Venzuela

Hermann Brehm / Vermillion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) male perched on branch, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Capybara baby {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with piranha fish prey, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

RICHARD KIRBY / Semi submerged Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) Venezuela Llanos, South America

Hermann Brehm / Capybara mating in water {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Capybara {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Vermilion flycatcher portrait {Procephalus rubinus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

Hermann Brehm / Rufescent tiger heron {Tigrisoma lineatum} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

Doug Wechsler / Domestic cattle {Bos taurus} on the Llanos, Arismende, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Northern longnosed armadillo {Dasypus sabanicola}, Venezuela, Llanos del Orinoco February

Hermann Brehm / Roadside Hawk {Buteo magnirostris} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela,

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Capybara suckling young {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Capybara suckling young {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Capybara suckling young {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Spectacled caiman with mouth full of raw meat {Caiman crocodilus} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Spectacled caiman beside river {Caiman crocodilus} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Spectacled caiman beside river {Caiman crocodilus} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Spectacled caiman beside river {Caiman crocodilus} Llanos, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Wild African honey / Killer bee swarm {Apis mellifera adansonii} Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Magueri stork {Ciconia maguari} Llanos, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / White headed marsh tyrant {Arundinicola leucocephala} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Capybara with young at water {Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris} Llanos, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Common iguana {Iguana iguana} Llanos, Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Yellow headed caracara {Milvago chimachima} perched, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

RICHARD KIRBY / Concentration of spectacled caiman due to retreating water in dry season, Venezuelan Llanos

Hermann Brehm / Common caracara drinking, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, {Caracara plancus}

Hermann Brehm / Common caracara, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, S. America {Caracara plancus}

Hermann Brehm / Common caracara, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, S. America {Caracara plancus}

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) Bare faced ibis (Phimosus infuscatus) & White ibis (Eudocimus albus) flying, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia.

Hermann Brehm / Electric eel {Electrophorus electricus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

Hermann Brehm / Lesser nighthawk in tree {Chordeiles acutipennis} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South-America

Hermann Brehm / Grey necked wood rail {Aramides cajanea} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

JIM CLARE / Anaconda {Eunectes murinus} male in mating ball. El Frio, Llanos, Venezuela.

Hermann Brehm / Giant anteater {Myrmecophaga tridactyla} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

Hermann Brehm / Whitetail deer in velvet {Odocoileus virginianus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America, February

Hermann Brehm / Black vulture {Coragups atratus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Jabiru storks {Jabiru mycteria}, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South-Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Spectacled caiman carrying pirranha fish prey in jaws, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, {Caiman crocodilus}

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis {Eudocimus ruber} feeding Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis {Eudocimus ruber} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis {Eudocimus ruber} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis {Eudocimus ruber} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia

Hermann Brehm / Green kingfisher perched on branch, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America {Chloroceryle americana}

Hermann Brehm / Orinoco goose parent and goslings {Neochen jubata} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, S. America

Hermann Brehm / Orinoco goose parent and goslings {Neochen jubata} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South America

Hermann Brehm / Common iguana climbing tree {Iguana iguana} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

JIM CLARE / Anaconda head portrait {Eunectes murinus} Llanos Venezuela

Hermann Brehm / Anaconda snake in shallow water {Eunectes murinus} Llanos del Orinoco Venezuela