It rains in the Pantanal!

Ola!
Last night my team worked in the lab from 7:30-8:00 and then again after dinner until 9:00. We measured, weighed and made observations about the snake and two lizards that we found during the day's catch. Today other teams released them back into the jungle and brought in new samples from the field.
This a.m. I worked with researchers and teammates Michelle and Mary out on the river. We patrolled the river banks in a boat looking for tracks, scat, nesting sites and campsites left behind by the otters. We found a few resting sites and tracks left by Neotropical River Otters at a couple of our stops. Unfortunately, (or fortunately :)) we didn't find any scat samples that were recent enough to collect and use. Our morning trip ended when the dark clouds finally opened up. A drving rain led to a quick trip back to the farm. I was thankful my digital camera was in a plastic bag because we were soaked through by the time we got back. We were very ready for our hot lunch.
I'm off to call Walsh with the satellite phone!