The region has more species of birds than the United States and Britain combined.
Massive storks fly overhead with branches to make nests for their newborn.
The region has more species of birds than the United States and Britain combined, with such abundance you can leave the binoculars at home during the peak season when flocks are so thick they seem like clouds flying overhead. Many ecologists consider the Llanos to be one of South America's most spectacular wildlife attractions. Because of the hunting ban, animals on the ranches are amazingly unafraid of human beings. When the safari truck rumbles down the pot-holed dirt roads at El Cedral, the driver has to honk the horn and wait for the scores of capybaras that lie across the road to get up and move. Conservationists also have released a few orinoco crocodiles that have been raised in captivity as part of a program aimed at saving the species from extinction.