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In the America's with David Yetman

Brazil’s Pantanal: Wetlands and Wildlife

Season 7 Episode 702

In southwestern Brazil, the Pantanal, the world's largest freshwater swamp is home to a startling variety of wildlife, especially birds and caimans. Throughout this vast swampland, cowboys still roam America's oldest ranches on specially adapted horses to follow herds of swamp cattle.

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