51�Թ�

For some, the experience included encountering the majestic harpy eagle, one of the world’s most powerful avian predators and threatened species that has been known to nest near the camp.

The harpy eagle is the largest in the Americas, with huge talons for hunting monkeys and sloths in the treetops.

With 0.5 percent of the world’s land surface, it holds 7 percent of its biological diversity, including rare and endangered species like jaguar, Baird’s tapir and harpy eagle.

One government official, speaking to Smithsonian magazine, compared her to the harpy eagle, which happened to be her favorite animal: “Once she gets her talons into you, she does not let go.”

Interestingly, it was once thought that this species was related to other large forest eagles found around the world, such as the harpy eagle of South America and the crowned hawk eagle of Africa.