In the last podcast episode of 2024, Charles and Jon talk to Marcelo Gavensky from his home in Buenos Aires. Marcelo is director of Birds Argentina, a tour company that recently expanded into running mammalwatching safaris.

Marcelo talks about the varied career that led him to establish his tour company. He describes some of his favourite encounters and his work to find a reliable method to see the rare Franciscana or La Plata River Dolphin. We also discuss Argentina's massive mammalwatching potential. The country is home to 14 species of cats, 13 species of armadillos and - for the rodent enthusiasts - 44 species of tuco-tuco!

For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcast

Notes: Mammalwatching has several reports of trips that Marcelo has run including Jon's 2023 trip around Buenos Aries province.

Cover art: Franciscanas, Jonathan Ben Simon

Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 110 countries.