Elusive Wild Dog Caught on Camera in Surprising Place

[Judi Lynn]

Elusive Wild Dog Caught on Camera in Surprising Place
New camera trap pictures reveal bush dogs north of Panama for the first time.



Bush dogs run through the forest in a rare image taken by a camera trap in the Talamanca Mountains.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF JOSÉ F. GONZÁLEZ-MAYA, DIEGO A. GÓMEZ-HOYOS, AND JAN SCHIPPER
By Carrie Arnold
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Jan Schipper was hoping for jaguars as he reviewed grainy photographs from camera traps set up around Costa Rica’s Talamanca Mountains.

What the biologist saw instead floored him: A short, stocky carnivore that is rarely seen and wasn’t even known to live in the country.

He had captured the first images of the bush dog north of Panama—and at the highest elevation ever, more than 4,900 feet above sea level. (See a rare Amazon jungle dog caught on video.)

“We had been putting so much effort into finding something that was incredibly rare that when we finally got the image, it was like Christmas,” says Schipper, field conservation research director at the Phoenix Zoo.

More:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/bush-dogs-animals-rare-costa-rica/

Science:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/122854652

[EX500rider]

1. Wish they had a better picture of the doggies...

....hard to say what it is in that shot, I would have thought a pig.

I have spent some time in the Cordillera de Talamanca, on Cerro Chirripó which is the highest mountain in Central America @ 3,820 metres (12,533 ft). Lots of beautiful streams/rivers and some hot springs too.
On a clear day you can see the Caribbean and the Pacific.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Had to look for more images of Cordillera de Talamanca. Mind-boggling scenery, flora, fauna.

Heart-breakingly beautiful world there. If only it can be protected.

Many more images for a more comprehensive look for those of us who have never seen this:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrB8pnCeyBaFFcAl7OLuLkF;_ylc=X1MDOTYwNTc0ODMEX3IDMgRiY2sDZWFlcjdmOWNnbDI5ZyUyNmIlM0Q0JTI2ZCUzRGZFVE9PSzFyWUgzS3VfNWJGaWk4THF3a19jX3JYc19ya1E2azM1dGQ0N2NwM1EtLSUyNnMlM0RkayUyNmklM0Q2YjlEbFJub3NFY25ERDNpMDFuSgRmcgMEZ3ByaWQDbFVlRkZMSE1UN1d3bDlQdng3M0cyQQRtdGVzdGlkA251bGwEbl9zdWdnAzEwBG9yaWdpbgNpbWFnZXMuc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAMyMwRxdWVyeQNDb3JkaWxsZXJhIGRlIFRhbGFtYW5jYQR0X3N0bXADMTUxMjA3ODI3NwR2dGVzdGlkA0I0MjYx?gprid=lUeFFLHMT7Wwl9Pvx73G2A&pvid=.5amTTEwLjHlO2d6WQqJMAWCMjYwMgAAAAAobqAS&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&p=Cordillera+de+Talamanca&ei=UTF-8&iscqry=&fr=sfp#id=70&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Flaparcelacr.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F11%2Fcerro-chirripo.jpg&action=close





You're right, they do resemble furry, grouchy little pigs.

More Bush Dog images:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrB8pbGeyBaICgAieeJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=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-?gprid=Zlfpej4DRLi6.Vd1_Oco7A&pvid=P2e_GzEwLjHlO2d6WQqJMA8FMjYwMgAAAAAopZZQ&p=Bush+dogs&fr=sfp&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt#id=19&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F3c%2F05%2Ff3%2F3c05f364d5e74b0ec97aa7146c19c66c.jpg&action=close

[EX500rider]

3. Kinda remind me of a Tasmanian Devil also..

[Judi Lynn]

4. Wow. Score one for you. They are so much alike, except for the uniform color.

The Tazzes are a little snappier looking, but the form is just the same.

Very cool.

[EX500rider]

5. Yet strangely enough the Bush dogs closest relative is the Maned Wolf of S America:

[Judi Lynn]

6. Doesn't seem possible. the Maned Wolf looks something like a spider! Or an ironing board.

That's a very unusual looking animal, but interesting.

Reminds one of the unexpectedly small heads of cheetahs.

Or African Wild Dogs.

[Judi Lynn]

7. The juvenile maned wolves look a lot more like bush dogs. Just found a photo:

Interesting.

[EX500rider]

8. Oh they are SO cute!

Apparently the Maned wolves developed the super longs legs to hunt in the tall grass of the Pampas.