“So we are talking about a cycle, you know, my friends, what happens in the rainforest,” summarizes our naturalist guide, Roger. He has taken us through a detailed description of the Amazonian food chain, from bromeliad bulb to laughing falcon. We listen in rapt attention as our skiff floats under low-hanging tree branches in a small tributary off the Peruvian Amazon River.
We are part of a small, privileged group who get to explore a very remote part of this world. This, the rainforest basin t...