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Please look after this bear: Paddington inspires an animal shelter

February 3, 2022733 Views

In the Andean valleys of deepest, darkest Bolivia (not Peru this time), a "Paddington" bear has inspired a shelter for almost a thousand wild animals rescued from poachers. The type of Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus), the only one native to South America, is the inspiration behind beloved fictional bear Paddington, who travels to London, is adopted by a family and eats lashings of marmalade. Vicky Ossio tends to an Andean bear, the species that inspired the creation the Senda Verde ecological reserve which now shelters almost a thousand wild animals, in Los Yungas, Bolivia, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Morales It was one such Andean bear in need of help called Aruma that led Vicky Ossio and her husband 15 years ago to turn their property about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from ...

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Colombian house has the world turned upside down

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January 25, 20221125 Views

An upside down house built in Colombia's Guatavita, a short distance from the capital of Bogota, is capturing the imagination of visitors looking for fun following coronavirus restrictions. Inside the house, which was designed by its Austrian owner Fritz Schall, who lives in Colombia with his family, tourists walk on ceilings where floors would normally be, while furniture is positioned beneath them. People pose for a photo inside the upside down house, in Guatavita, Colombia, January 23, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez "Everyone looked at me like I was mad, they didn't believe what I was saying," Schall said. "I said 'I'm going to make an upside down house,' and they told me, 'Ok sir, sure, go for it.'" Inspiration for building the house came from a trip to Schall's native...

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Ecuador expands protected marine area around Galapagos Islands

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January 15, 2022375 Views

Ecuador on Friday created a new marine reserve around its pristine Galapagos Islands -- whose rich biodiversity inspired Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution -- as it seeks to expand protections for endangered migratory species. Extending the reserve by 60,000 square kilometers (23,166 square miles) is the first step in a plan agreed by Ecuador with its close neighbors Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow last year to create a common corridor through which species threatened by climate change and industrial fishing can migrate. The existing Galapagos marine reserve, one of the largest in the world, measures some 138,000 square kilometers (53,282 square miles), and the new conservation area will see 198,000 square kilometers (76,448 square miles) ...

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Seven tourist dead after rock face collapse at Brazilian waterfall

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January 9, 20221550 Views

At least seven people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motorboats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, the fire department said. A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down on several leisure boats, sending out a huge wave over the lake at Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state. A view shows the site where a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall as firefighters of Minas Gerais state (not pictured) seek for victims, in Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil January 8, 2022. Fire Brigade of Minas Gerais/Handout via REUTERS Videos posted on social media showed tourists shouting as the column of rock crashed into the water, smashing two boats. Authorities said thr...

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Mass die-off of Magellanic penguins seen during 2019 heat wave

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January 5, 2022301 Views

In June 2021, an unprecedented heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest and Canada, killing an estimated 1,400 people. On June 28, Seattle reached 108 F — an all-time high — while the village of Lytton in British Columbia recorded Canada’s highest-ever temperature of 121.3 F on June 29, the day before it was destroyed by a heat-triggered wildfire. Climate change is expected to bring more such extreme heat events globally, with far-reaching consequences not just for humans, but for wildlife and ecosystems. In 2019, University of Washington researchers witnessed this in Argentina at one of the world’s largest breeding colonies for Magellanic penguins. On Jan. 19, temperatures at the site in Punta Tombo, on Argentina’s southern coast, spiked to 44 C, or 111.2 F, and that was in the shade. A...

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Rio cancels Carnival street parades and parties

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January 5, 2022315 Views

Rio de Janeiro has canceled street parades and parties during its world-famous Carnival for a second year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and the threat from the arrival of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the city's mayor said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A member of Beija-Flor samba school performs on a float during the second night of the 2020 Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes However, the spectacular parade by Rio's samba schools, which the public watches from the stands of the city's Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome, will go ahead, unlike last year, with health precautions to prevent spreading the virus, he said. Rio mayor Eduardo Paes announced after a meeting with health authorities that the city would call of...

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Ancient Peruvian mummy goes on show at Lima museum

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December 8, 2021866 Views

A pre-Incan mummy found in Peru and thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, went on display on Tuesday at the San Marcos University in Lima after archaeologists reported finding the remains in an underground tomb in November. The mummified remains, which were bound by ropes and had the hands covering the face, were found inside an underground structure outside Lima along with offerings including ceramics, vegetable remains and stone tools. Members of the media take pictures of the pre-Inca Mummy of Cajamarquilla, which is presumed to be between 800 and 1200 years old, in Lima, Peru December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda The university is now housing the mummy, as well as remains from at least two infants and the objects found in the ancient tomb while its researcher...

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Rio cancels New Year celebration as pandemic continues

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December 4, 2021663 Views

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro canceled New Year's Eve celebrations after Brazil confirmed the first known cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Latin America’s biggest country. Eduardo Paes tweeted on Saturday that he would follow the recommendations of Rio de Janeiro state to cancel the celebrations, despite the city's own view to the contrary. FILE PHOTO: People celebrate during New Year's Eve, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lucas Landau "We respect science," Paes tweeted, saying there are dissenting opinions between scientific committees in the city and the state, but he would rather stick with the most restrictive one. "The city's committee says it can go ahead and the state's says n...

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Archaeologists find 800-year old mummy in Peru

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November 27, 20211038 Views

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday. The mummified remains were of a person from the culture that developed between the coast and mountains of the South American country. The mummy, whose gender was not identified, was discovered in the Lima region, said archaeologist Pieter Van Dalen Luna. "The main characteristic of the mummy is that the whole body was tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the face, which would be part of the local funeral pattern," said Van Dalen Luna, from the State University of San Marcos. The remains are of a person who lived in the high Andean region of the country, he said. "Radiocarbon dating will give a ...

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Splashes of colour adorn Lima neighbourhood, forming massive city mural

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November 10, 2021943 Views

Rainbow colours are splashed across small houses in a once grey neighbourhood of Peru's capital city, creating the optical illusion of a giant mural across San Cristobal hill which can be seen from various vantage points across Lima. The San Cristobal neighborhood's mountainside display of painted houses and murals is seen above a lower-lying area of the city, in Lima, Peru November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda The project in Lima's Leticia neighborhood started five months ago and is being headed by muralists Carla Magan and Daniel Manrique. The effort aims to improve the lives of those in the COVID-hit community and promoting tourism. "This hill was considered an unsafe area in the city. It was said that this neighbourhood was dangerous," said Manrique. "We decided to ch...