Wildlife
ntre Rios is home to 350 species of birds, 85
mammals and almost 70 reptiles. Among them all at the ranch
you may encounter herons, storks, carpinchos (the world's
biggest rodent), alligators, boas, deer, and ņandus, a
native species of ostrich.
Its flora is luxuriant and varied ranging from simple weeds
to forests: water plants, lilies, hyacinths, ombues, and
weeping willows. The waters from the Alcaraz River that
empties into the Parana River, makes it an excellent place
for Dorado fishing. The Dorado, Salminus Maxillosus or Tiger
of the River, ranges from an average of 2.5/4 kg. up to
7/10 kg.. The fact that it is a fighter and a great acrobat
(it jumps from three to five times over the water when
trying to free itself from the fishhook), make it a great
prize for fishers.
Here´s and example of the bird life that can be spotted from the ranch
Southern Cone Skies
he Southern Hemisphere skies are home to the familiar zodiacal
constellations, as well as a number of other more southern
constellations unfamiliar to northern hemisphere sky watchers.
The Southern Cross is the most recognizable of these.
Visible throughout the year as it circles the south celestial
pole, it has been used by generations of boy scouts as a
direction finder. Dark nights away from the city are a
spectacular sight, especially in winter when the central
parts of our Milky Way galaxy stretch across the sky. In
dark skies, our two neighboring galaxies - the Large and
Small Magellanic Clouds - are also easily seen as diffuse
fuzzy patches.
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