Description
Charles and Jon interview Regina Ribeiro, arguably Brazil's top mammalwatching guide. Regina talks about her journey to become one of Brazil's first female wildlife guides, and runs through her own list of the Brazilian Big 5. She also talks about what can go wrong when you have to take a minibus along the Transpantaneira.
Here is the YouTube trailer.
For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcast
Notes: Many trip reports featuring Regina are on mammalwatching's Brazil page, including Jon's first trip to Brazil in 2007. Information from the citizen science report on Jaguar's that Regina mentioned is here. Cover art: Pantanal Jaguar, by Regina Ribeiro.
Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.
Produced and edited by Jon Hall.
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