I take this photograph on our last day of exploration in the Amazon Rainforest. Here, everyday has been a learning experience with thoughts to share on wildlife, habitats, indigenous people, and sustaining the Pacaya Samiria Reserve. We learned of habitat destruction due to logging, overfishing, over-hunting, and the effective responses to control these issues. Here,… Continue reading Memories of the Amazon #Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
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Sustaining the Arapaima Population, Amazon #Rainforest, Peru
I take this photograph of an Arapaima fish, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, on a small lake in Nauta Town. Since the Arapaima is thought to be overfished on the Amazon River, it is being farmed on the lake, and there are regulations in effect to control over-fishing. Since the fish… Continue reading Sustaining the Arapaima Population, Amazon #Rainforest, Peru
Footbridge of the Amazon #Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
This footbridge is the in the remote village of San Regis, near the Pacaya Samiria Reserve of the Amazon Rainforest. Our tour group visits the village near the end of the dry season. Soon, the greater rains will fall and the waters of the Amazon River will flood the basin. Here, the village is set… Continue reading Footbridge of the Amazon #Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
Western Medicine in the Amazon #Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
I take this photograph of the sign in front of the medical office at St. Regis–the largest village we visit in the remote rainforest. Here, the indigenous people of the surrounding communities may travel by boat, often a dugout canoe, for medical services. This office offers Western Medicine including vaccines, antibiotics, birth control, and maternity… Continue reading Western Medicine in the Amazon #Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
Village of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
This is the village of San Regis, near the Pacaya Samiria Reserve, in Peru. San Regis is the largest village we visit in the Amazon Rainforest. To get there, one must travel by boat because there are no roads between towns in this remote location of the rainforest. Our tour group arrives by skiff, in… Continue reading Village of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
Tarantula of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
This afternoon we take a nature hike through the rainforest of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve to search for wildlife and other creatures. This reserve is the largest area of protected rainforest area in Peru, but we will see only a tiny portion of it on our riverboat adventure. As we walk through the jungle… Continue reading Tarantula of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest, Preservation and Conservation, Peru
Our local guide for the Rainforest walk disappears for a few minutes and we discover him sloshing in a puddle to retrieve an Anaconda from the muddy water. Anacondas are not venomous, but squeeze their prey, so they are called constrictors. Anacondas are not endangered or threatened, but like other species, their habitat is threatened… Continue reading Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest, Preservation and Conservation, Peru
Red Poison Dart Frog of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
I take this photograph of a red poison dart frog, displayed on a rolled leaf by our guide, on a hike through the Amazon Rainforest. The frog is about the half the size of the guide’s thumb. The toxin from these frogs may be used to poison the tips of hunters’ arrows, hence the name… Continue reading Red Poison Dart Frog of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru
Sloth of the Amazon Rainforest, Preservation and Conservation, Peru
This afternoon we take the skiffs to a small community where we disembark for a walk through the jungle. I take this photograph of a three toed sloth, peeking at us from behind a tree, during the hike. Sloths are slow-moving tree dwellers that prefer to sleep most of the time. Living in trees helps… Continue reading Sloth of the Amazon Rainforest, Preservation and Conservation, Peru
Cheering for Nature Around the World! Piranha of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru. #Nature, #Environment
This morning we board our skiff to fish for a well-known inhabitant of the Amazon basin–the red bellied piranha. We are greeted by a cool drizzling rain that follows us most of the morning as we motor upriver on a tributary of the Amazon. When we reach the fishing hole, our guide passes out bait.… Continue reading Cheering for Nature Around the World! Piranha of the Amazon Rainforest, Explore and Discover, Peru. #Nature, #Environment