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Snail soup

Snail soup

One of the snails caught in the previous scene is cooked to celebrate the completion of a successful work party or "minga" in the lowland Quichua community of Aitaca, Amazonian Ecuador.

Giant river otter Sky Gardens Caught in the act Rainforest Alert Ahi de Monte Brown-throated three-toed sloth Blue-crowned motmot Volcano in the Amazon Medicinal plant use Orchids of the new world tropical forests Petroleum "development" in Ecuador Cultural Impacts Huaorani hunter, Yasuní National Park & UNESCO Biosphere Reserve The mechanics of deforestation Petroleum Impacts to the Yasuní National Park & UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Icon of the Amazon river basin Eye of the Piranha Black piranha after the catch Piranha on the Barby Amazon fish tales Rainforest salad Local foods Snail soup Boa constrictor White-lined leaf frog Breeding ecology of the poison dart frogs Camouflage on the rainforest floor Rainforest predator Gecko Bullfrogs in the Amazon Animal trafficking Biological Diversity Pailón del Diablo canyon, Ecuador Specacled caiman at twilight Cultural experiences in the upper Amazon basin Gray-winged trumpeter