Mangalore, Jul 15: A wildlife explorer hailing from New York, Paul Rosolie, specialising in the Western Amazon, bordering between Brazil and Peru in South America, shared his experiences with the audience in a programme organised by Kudremukh Widlife Foundation, in Mangalore.
Speaking at the programme held in SDM Law College here on Monday, he articulated his experiences and encounters with the wild in the remote forests along the Rio Piedras and 'Mother of God' tributary of the Amazon river, through a presentation of visual slides. At the same time, he accentuated the dire need to conserve the sustaining vast ecosystem in the forests of Amazon that was home to several different species of flora and fauna, and generated 20 percent of the world's supply of oxygen.
Recounting close encounters with anacondas, one of the most feared creatures across the globe, he described in detail his encounter with a huge female anaconda, 'the biggest one had ever seen before' and his attempts to measure the length of the snake.
He also spoke of encounters with several other types of flora and fauna such as ant-eaters, jaguars, tapirs, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and a tribal community that lived along the tributaries of the Amazon, isolated from the outside world, highlighting the need to conserve the forests and the vast ecosystem from illegal mining, felling of trees for soya cultivation and 'mindless' development, through his documentary 'Secrets of the Amazon'.
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