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Baby giant armadillo footage boosts Loreto protection efforts

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC · How we work

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Amazon Research International researchers captured video of a baby giant armadillo in Loreto, Peru.
Indigenous collaborators placed a few camera traps in the San Francisco community using generational knowledge.
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza said the footage was obtained quickly, unlike projects using hundreds of cameras for years.
Video will support a Loreto law protecting giant armadillos and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List mammals.

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Amazon Research International researchers captured video of a baby giant armadillo in Loreto, Peru.
Indigenous collaborators placed a few camera traps in the San Francisco community using generational knowledge.
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza said the footage was obtained quickly, unlike projects using hundreds of cameras for years.
Video will support a Loreto law protecting giant armadillos and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List mammals.