As we drove into the Mashpi-Tayra Reserve, in the Chocó Cloud Forest on the western slopes of the Andes, after a three-hour, equator-crossing ride from Quito, the first thing that struck me was the size of the leaves: taller than my research assistant, my nine-year-old daughter. The air was alive with life: a cacophonous chorus as enveloping as the clouds.
我们驾车驶入位于安第斯山脉西坡、处于赤道多云的乔科云雾森林中的马什皮—泰拉自然保护区。经过从基多出发、跨越赤道的三小时车程,首先映入我眼帘的是那些叶子的尺寸——比我的研究助手、我九岁的女儿还要高。空气仿佛有了生命:嘈杂而包围四周的合唱,如同云雾般将人吞没。
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