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The macaws were hunted in this area. They almost became extinct. I started the strict protection eight years ago, and since then the population has not only leveled off, it is beginning to be on the increase again. And the macaws fly out of their nests, and they are below you, so you can see them in flight.
They have favorite branches, and especially when I am alone, but also when they get used to the people that I am with, they will and come and sit on a branch, like, two or three meters away, and kind of look at you. We play games. I wake up in the morning. I can already hear them calling away, and I can hear the monkeys coming. So, when the monkeys come, they come right over the house and then they jump on the roof and back to the branches. And I lie on my hammock and the monkeys come and peer at me.
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