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Our Adventure observe Paich Samiria Poachers In Pacaya National Reserve
Most of you know that the Amazon River is by far the largest in the world, with more fresh water discharge over the next six largest rivers combined, but to appreciate that water, you must go to our upstream Dawn on the Amazon.
Increased tight to shore in the slack current at three quarters throttle, we see life as it unfolded on the river for centuries with the indigenous inhabitants a subsistence lifestyle in harmony with their surroundings.
We see most people still live as their ancestors, with thatched roof houses built on stilts to stay above the flood, without doors or windows, and often without walls, with strips of soft bark for flooring. A machete, a bucket, and a few pots and pans are made only their implements.
Men and women work together tending a patch of yucca, a small grove of banana trees, with some lemon, lime, orange, papaya, mango, cashews, or cocoa, and other delicious exotic jungle fruits that most of you probably never heard of let alone tasted, such as Zapote, Mamey, ubilla, guaba, shimbillo, macambo, copoazu, Caimito and Camu Camu.
The typical way transport is still the dugout canoe, and nearly always in sight is a fisherman like his work, or an individual or a family canoeing. Women wash clothes in the river, carry water in buckets to their homes, cook over open fires, and nurse babies. Children run up and down the bank waving and shouting at us.
My two favorite guides, Edson and Beto, almost back to report to our guests that our most important geographical location, the confluence of the Maranon and Ucayali rivers is just around the corner. With cameras in hand, everyone goes to the bow of the boat to pass us via the start of the majestic Amazon River. Our course is the Ucayali to the left fork going upstream. The northern banks of the Ucayali River is the southern boundary of Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (PSNR).
It is difficult to understand that the reserve is larger than some countries without cruise to the distant, remote entry, the Pacaya River. After going through miles of jungle, interspersed with planted rice in the floodplains, and peanuts were planted in the sandy soil of the rice up, and we are many boats and villages, eventually more than five million hectares begins to take meaning.
When Dawn on the Amazon River runs the Pacaya we enter one of major water-rich environments on Earth. Within ten minutes it is like in another world. We see giant Paich near the opening to one more. Paich, the largest freshwater fish with scales. They are unusual for their size and because their lungs. It is common for them to find two meters long and weighing 125 pounds when they surface breath.
Edson Beto and rush to The 84 years old "Abuelita" Eileen, pointing to ensure that she sees the cloud of parrots, I think a hundred, followed moments later by eight to ten large parrots. Before we left Iquitos Eileen told us she hoped to see parrots in the wild. She saw a life worthy of parrots along the Pacaya River.
When we continue this part of the River fifty one months ago we saw laziness, this time only one, the curious ebb and flow of nature. We know birds and monkeys to easily move to a new tree full of ripe fruit, but it is hard to laziness moving so slowly through the jungle to a new food source.
Hawks are hunting. Horned Screamers Honk their loud, liquid call, mixed flocks of Great and Snowy Egrets, cormorants, ducks and herons, fly or fish near the boat as we glide upstream. But our unique adventure in PSNR is not the sight of the seven species of monkeys, or one hundred species of birds, or several dozen pink dolphins, or iguanas, caimans, capybara, or laziness. We expect to live if we in the reserve. Our adventure with the most interesting and dangerous of all primate, Gay sapiens.
The Ranger is responsible for the second checkpoint, Jose, immediately informs us there is an emergency. Six Paich poachers spotted hidden lake twenty minutes upstream. With only four rangers in the area, he asks for our help. A few years ago, the reputations of everyone in the village were affected when Bretaña Paich poachers from that village killed three rangers who tried their nets and canoes to confiscate. Because the crime, the village is considered dangerous and to never stop our boats Bretaña.
Jose wants me to go with them, but with six people on board I think My first responsibility is to them. Beto I ask whether he would go with the rangers and take our portable VHF radio contact with Dawn on the Amazon. He agrees reluctantly, but is not happy with these unexpected events. He knows the story of the murdered rangers as well as I do.
Jose has a plan. The poachers have set up camp beside a small flow connecting the largest lake in the PSNR Yarina River. That power is too small for Dawn on the Amazon III, so we pull the ranger's boat behind us, and we like to stream the Rangers Beto and paddle to the flow to the camp. The poachers heard our boat past and believe that they are safe.
We go to the only possible escape route to block, and if necessary their boats ram and prevent their escape but we can. Beto, the portable radios to maintain communication and one of our cameras to record evidence.
Beto tells the story: "It was difficult to get the power, because it choked with aquatic vegetation. We had to push the pole through water grass, get out and push the canoes and Jon boat. It took more than one hours to reach the camp. I noticed buzzards pecking at a pile of fish heads and carcasses.
I saw the infractories, pack their equipment away. Jose jumped from the boat to fight them. I heard the conversation getting louder and louder. The leader said they were only trying for a system to survive. Jose argued that the easy to survive without poaching. The other suspect infractories whispered while their machetes.
"The rest of the rangers saw danger and jumped from the boat as a Jose of the poachers attacked with a machete, with the aim of killing a slap on the back of his neck. Someone shouted a warning and Jose turned just in time to grab the attempted murderer wrist.
"If they fought for the machete, the raider shouted:" Here we will kill each other. " Jose wrestled the machete away and threw in the water. The other rangers formed a circle around Jose and the attempted murderer on the ground fighting.
"The other poachers were closing in menacingly with their machetes when I shouted to the radio, "Officina, pharmacy, base, base, we have problems. Send in the other rangers, send help, send help, over. "
"Everybody heard the answer," Help is on the road. Rangers on the road. Keep us informed on. "That was all that was needed to fight to make the poachers. They filed their machetes. That is when I radioed back, "It's over. We are OK. The negotiations started, no need reinforcements on. "
"I could not understand these negotiations. The infractories always spoke as if they had done no harm, that we were wrong to disturb them. The man who saw the infractories and informed Jose their site works for the Rangers, but lives in the village.
The leader of infractories shook his finger at him as he threatened, "You're the person who let them know we're here! Our problem is your fault! Make sure I do not see you tomorrow ... "
They could keep their nets, canoes, spears, and half of The Paich. They had eight large and four medium-sized turtles turtles in a bag. Jose ordered them to release the turtles. She refused. They argued that since they were half Paich of keeping, they should be allowed to keep half of turtles. After much hassle, all of the turtles were released.
They were absolutely positive they should be allowed to stay as honest fishermen and fish. They argued with Jose for one hours, but Jose insisted that they leave. She refused to go.
"Jose explained that any ranger in the reserve was notified by radio of their activities and they would be monitored and controlled the entire fifty kilometers to the entrance. Yet they argued so vigorously continue that Jose was suspected and an investigation was conducted around the perimeter of the camp.
"One of the rangers discovered a freshly slain fifty pounds Paich covered with leaves. They had the guts to argue that half of the fish should also be theirs, but even Jose's patience was running out, and he ordered them to leave immediately.
"If they started paddling downstream, the leader turned and threatened, "This is not the end. It will not stay like this. "Jose responded with a threat of his own, "I can not believe you would be stupid enough to cause more problems now that every ranger your name, where you and your family live, and what you did know. "
It is quite possible that Beto's quick thinking saved the lives of our VHF all rangers, as well as his own. The Rangers rewarded him with a big plate of fresh Paich. He was friendly enough to share with everyone aboard Dawn on the Amazon III. We all agreed that Paich some of the best ceviche we've ever eaten, and nobody ever ate fish better Paich than fresh fillets of fried in palm oil.
I have thought about men willing to kill or be slain for a fish, and consider a system of punishment that an attempt Fri killer to let go. I remember near Mayo, Florida, about thirty-five years ago, three gamekeepers were killed in an old logging road in the swamp. Many of the mothers of deer hunters in the city feared that the killers could be their sons.
I personally known poachers in Indiana. The poachers know I never motivated by survive. Usually the wildness, a belief that the law does not apply to them, and in some cases, laziness. What is the easiest, fastest way to get meat on the table? Should our Paich Poachers are allowed to keep half of their catch? Should they hold their spears, nets, and canoes? These are difficult questions to consider as we continue our journey.
We are backwards accompanied by a pod of pink river dolphin. They are protected by the legend and custom. The people of the pink river dolphins believe supernatural forces and it is the worst kind of luck at a loss. She will swim in without fear of poachers.
On the third ranger station, we learn that no one has visited since we signed the log two months ago. This wilderness between the second and third ranger stations Dawn looks to private reserves of the Amazon. It is great to have the opportunity to enjoy this nature experience and is still great if you know the value.
Now if only we could catch the poacher who cut down the large mahogany ...
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