Alla listeners. This season of the Duolingo Spanish podcast we are revisiting some of our favorite stories about people and their animal friends.

Stories that show just how amazing that bond can be.

Today we are going to the forests of Bolivia,

with an episode from July 2022.

We'll meet Jimena Velez Leandro. She's a biologist trying to save a very rare and special bear from extinction.

Find out how her efforts also help the local community fight climate change and be sure to listen until the end of the

episode for an update from Jimena. Let's get started.

The first time Jimena Vé's Leandro saw an Andean bear or Oso Andino, she fell in love.

It was 1996 and she was about to graduate as a biologist.

Her thesis required her to travel to a national park in the middle of her country, Bolivia.

I was very secure to investigate over the Sondino,

because I had been ditched that one special

very difficult to detect.

As I'd not I know another of those not their impact in the ecosystem.

But the first night that campaign in the Boske,

by one.

It was one of the mostindos of my life.

Meenamore of the sandino,

that was also as the Ojo's.

The Andean-Théon-Bejos. The Andean Bear, also known as the Spectacled Bear, is covered in black fur and is distinguished by one characteristic.

The white circles around its eyes that look like glasses.

This bear also plays an essential role in protecting the Amazon Forest against climate change.

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