Before the trip

My students have been learning about the Pantanal, and are very curious, expressing great interest in finding out more about this region of Brazil, since they never been there. They have asked questions like what would happen if the Pantanal weren’t preserved, what could they do to help in this effort, how large this area really is (i.e., parts of the Pantanal are in Bolivia and Paraguay as well as Brazil), and what are the rarest animals found there.