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Last possible shelter we can find. we've got a long journey all day, off-roading. >> this is where the bit of adventure begins, just getting to the put-in to this river. we've got this mix of the local ranchers that are taking us into their land, some four-by-four specialists out of quito. guys that just live for nothing more than to get their rigs super muddy. this is a pretty unlikely group to get together here. >> i've never been in the high equatorial andes. to see cotopaxi, the tallest active volcano on earth, right next to us and then arrive, finally see the water that's going to be drai...

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They're allowed to roam and climb trees and even fall but under briann's loving supervision. >> andes bears are very special. they were listed as vulnerable, and there's thought to be maybe less than 18,000 of these guys in the wild. shannon: this family is an invaluable presence at the zoo because bears are difficult to study in their natural habitat. >> we collect behavioral i data, every they do every day, and we can share that information with other zoos, we can share it with researchers in the wild and help promote the conservation of these bears. shannon: and with all of that, very disti...

Now to the latest developments in the still unsold disappearance of natalie holloway in aruba back in 2005. peru's ambassador to the u.s. now saying the prime suspect van der sloot could be extradited to the u.s. jonathan has details from atlanta. >> jon, federal officials have not provided a timeline for the extradition. a spokesperson for the holloway family says they are expecting it to happen within a week. as in a maximum security prison and the foothills of the andes where he is serving a 28 year sentence for the 2010 murder of stephanie floor is a 21-year-old peruvian woman he met at a ...

The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on a...