S16E5 · Paracas and the Billion Dollar Bird

Paracas and the Billion Dollar Bird

S16E5 · 1997-11-16

Along the shores of the Paracas National Park on the coast of Peru, two very different worlds collide - the barren Atacama desert and the seas teeming with wildlife such as sea lions, penguins and pelicans as well as guanay cormorants, a bird that once created fortunes for the local people through the sale of their droppings, an excellent natural fertiliser.

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